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...studios of pre-Hitler Germany. Notably frightening scene: suspicious Inspector Ridges re-enacting the probable method of murder for the appalled widower while the camera, taking possession of Laughton's brain, flicks from bit to bit of the scene of the crime, turning a dark wardrobe, a torn stair-carpet, into so many kicks in the emotional midriff...
Heart and Arthritis. A pain above the stomach is sometimes diagnosed as a symptom of angina pectoris, peptic ulcer or gastritis, when the ailment actually is arthritis. If the pain does not come from fast walking, stair-climbing or anger, heart trouble can be ruled out; if there are no symptoms connected with eating, ulcers also are eliminated...
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Bargaining began as early as last January, though shrewd, autocratic, old Ed Stair, owner of the Free Press, prevaricated last month, equivocated last week, wound up-an hour before papers were signed-by confessing he was "thinking about taking in Mr. Knight as a partner." This meant that Knight acquired the stock of the paper, but 81-year-old Ed Stair remained as chairman of a board of directors, a majority of whom represented the new owner. For incisive, forthright Publisher Knight there was no hemming & hawing. To the assembled editorial staff announced: "I am contemplating no changes...
Students of Government will be very interested in the collection of propaganda and other documents of World Wars one and two to be found on the ground floor and on the stair landing. There are actual copies of the famous "Pamphlet Raids" over Germany...