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Call of the Wild. In Detroit, Skyscraper Window Washer Clarence Stayton got a divorce after testifying that his wife had insisted that they go to the North Woods to live, even though he doubted he could support her there...
...hive tucked under his arm, Michael W. Barrett walked into Boston's Hotel Statler one day last week. That afternoon he was to tell the New England Nurserymen's Association about beekeeping. In the cloakroom he checked his beehive. Miss May Hassey looked at Miss Dorothy Stayton and giggled...
...long after that Miss Hassey looked at the beehive. To her horror she saw issuing from it bee after bee after bee. Miss Hassey and Miss Stayton covered themselves with several layers of overcoats. The bees buzzed out into the lobby...
Last week the Prohibition attitudes, known or surmised, of other No. 1 Men in Washington were dredged up as the Senate Lobby Committee continued its inquiry into the private correspondence of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. On the witness stand was smooth, chunky Capt. William H. Stayton, A. A. P. A. founder and board chairman, who had his letters read aloud...
Reaction: Secretary Stimson vaguely denied that Capt. Stayton spoke with authority. Secretary Adams declared: "There's no justification for that statement." Secretary Lament explained: "There's no foundation for the statement. I resigned [from A. A. P. A.] before joining the Cabinet and have not discussed the subject since." Secretary Davis, as part of his Pennsylvania senatorial campaign, declared: "There never should be any doubt on my stand on the Prohibition question. I don't see how I can decently say that I favor anything other than the law. I'm heartily in accord with President...