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George at Southampton, he led his retinue through Cherbourg's terminal with its American bar and soda water fountain, along the massive pier. He peered amiably at the ribbons of breakwaters. Then he reviewed a naval demonstration, ate a meal, zipped back to Paris...
Nazi police with pistols in their belts first swooped down on Germany's famed Stahlhelm (Steel Helmets), organization of World War veterans headed by Labor Minister Franz Seldte, retired soda water manufacturer. The 1,000,000 steel helmet troopers, whom Adolf Hitler once barred from joining his Storm detachments, were told that they must join the brownshirt Storm Battalions and obey hereafter only Chancellor Hitler. Similarly dissolved and merged were the 10,000 green-shirted youths organized by Nationalist Leader Dr. Alfred Hugenberg as his party's "Battle Ring...
...faith was discovered. As a shouting crowd swept along the Gran Via. a man suddenly arose from a cafe table crying "Viva Cristo Key! Long Live Christ the King!'' They made for him, but he fought them off with powerful squirts from a pale blue soda siphon. They wrecked the restaurant instead...
...British Government all thought he was signing his death warrant. Rather than have him die on its hands, the Government let him out of jail. St. Gandhi retired to Lady Thackersey's terrace and for three weeks swallowed nothing at all save little sips of water flavored with soda and salt. His weight dropped from 99 to 80 lb., he lay in semicoma, but amazed doctors continued to announce that his physical condition was good...
...Mahatma issued that same night a potent announcement: for at least a month the civil disobedience campaign and the boycott of British goods should cease. He hoped that the Government would release all civil-disobedience prisoners. Then Gandhi concentrated on his fast, slept, spun, talked, took water, salt and soda...