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Died. Leopold Schepp, 84, "The Cocoanut King," eccentric millionaire philanthropist; at Manhattan. As a lad, Mr. Schepp borrowed 18, from his mother and purchased twelve palm-leaf fans which he sold for 36, on a Third Ave. streetcar. Soon he had three other boys selling fans and was making $15 a week. At 27 he had amassed $200,000. Before he died, he had given away over...
Amid pandemonium, the Fascists threw their own hats, and all the hats they could snatch, into the air. Mistaking a streetcar employe with a red "danger" flag for a Communist, they drubbed him soundly. Premier Poullet "turned pale," escaped discreetly through the back door of the Museum, leaving Crown Prince Leopold to receive the Fascists' cheers...
...days of jumping on a streetcar and going down to a fire on Elm Street are not passed yet for newspaper reporters, but reporters nowadays have to be equipped for many other jobs as well. Two news stories that "broke" last week show the emergencies with which reporters have to cope...
Second Wayfarer: "I see by the paper a streetcar crashed down into the moat by the Palace. Why no one was killed...
...weeks demanding 100 francs a month more pay (they have been getting 500 and 600 francs a month), a 24-hour general strike was called. Everything in industry and transportation stopped dead. Firemen, and gas and electric workers were the chief officials. The only opportunity to ride by taxi, streetcar or bus, was in a funeral cortege, for funeral coaches were exempted. Postmen, musicians and many waiters took part in the suspension...