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Secretary of State Cordell Hull put aside the woes and worries of the London Economic Conference long enough last fortnight to march to Leicester Square and open an art exhibition at swank Leicester Galleries. It was no ordinary exhibit that broke busy Secretary Hull's busy routine, for on display were the latest paintings of his good friend Edward Bruce. But not until Secretary Hull, surrounded by can vases depicting Power. Industry, the Klamath River, the Cascade Mountains and the like, had said a few pleasant nothings did London and the rest of the world wake...
...circulation. In any case the Digest had circulation trouble, slumped to 1,000,000. Last year's total revenue: $3,000,000. Publisher Cuddihy looks much younger than his 70 years. He lives in elegant style in a Park Avenue apartment building which also houses Sherry's, swank restaurant. In summer he goes in his Rolls-Royce to his place in fashionable West Hampton. L. I. where he surrounds himself with as many as possible of his enormous family. He has three sons, Paul, Lester & Arthur - all working in the business - and four daughters, Helen, Mabel, Emma, Alice...
...first time in years swank little King Zog, strutting gold-laced at a military review last week, began to feel footloose...
...Great Wall, last fortnight's truce had by last week actually brought to North China what Premier Wang Ching-wei called a "breathing spell." To bind the verbal agreement, Chinese Lieut. General Hsiung Ping last week went to Tangku on the seacoast. As he stepped off his swank special train, he saw two Japanese destroyers tied at the docks. Their guns were trained on Tangku, the gun turrets manned. A Chinese armored train pulled in, its guns trained on the destroyers. Every 20 feet stood a Chinese with a rifle, revolver, machine-gun or snickersnee. General Hsiung was obliged...
King George had more than one reason for fêting the winner. He held a ticket on Hyperion in the sweepstakes of London's swank Maryborough Club. In Queens, N. Y. plump Telephone Operator Louise M. Popp. 27, won $118,500 with a 82 Irish sweepstakes ticket on Hyperion. John Byron, 73, Staten Island messenger, won $40,000 on Statesman...