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From Paris, where most White Russians live, cables sped to White Russians in the U. S., telling of a "secret understanding" between the British and Japanese empires with France on the point of joining...
...Tottenville, N. Y. a clam digger found 22 silver dollars in a tin box in the mud. He sped them to a bank. ¶ Near Fort Wayne, Ind. a farmer hid $250 in an old bureau drawer. Rats chewed the bills to bits so small that banks refused to redeem the trash. ¶ At Los Angeles a 10-year-old boy found a tin can, used it as a target for rifle practice. Out of the can his father extracted eleven $1,000 bills, perforated with bullet holes. A broker accepted the currency in payment for securities...
Late that afternoon the M-2 had not been heard from. Out from the naval depot at Gosport sped an alarm. Navy men scurried from their homes, from cinemas, from pubs, from dance halls. Minesweepers, destroyers, every available ship put out into Dead Man's Bay. Searchlights dug into the fog, were reflected back in a sickly glare. Soon after midnight trawls struck an obstruction. News was flashed to every city in Britain; everyone breathed easier. Sir Bolton Meredith Eyres Monsell. First Lord of the Admiralty, ordered divers down at daybreak...
...President signed the bill (H. R. 7360) within a few minutes after it reached the White House-"Herbert" with one pen and "Hoover" with another. Then he praised the "patriotism" of Congress. About Washington there was a great hustle and bustle to get R. F. C. operating. Congress sped through an initial appropriation of $500,000,000 as working capital. The Treasury borrowed $350,000,000 on short-term certificates, most of which would be available for R. F. C. New quarters were fitted up in the old Department of Commerce building on Pennsylvania Avenue. Chairman Meyer received...
...court officers inside. Upon the lady's identification, a young white man stepped up to Kahahawai. flashed a piece of paper with a big red seal on it, ordered: "Come with me." Kahahawai, supposing that he was under arrest, got into a sedan waiting at the curb. The car sped off to a house. A gun was jammed into his ribs. He was forced into a bathroom. A shot was fired...