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Further information came yesterday, but not much of it. It came in the form of a cautiously worded letter written on plain stationery with the letterhead ripped off from New Windsor, Maryland. The upshot was that if Sher wanted any more dope, he would just have to put up $50,000 of the $250,000 purchase price...
...Havana, Boss Fulgencio Batista announced the upshot of his last month's trip to the U. S. : a new U. S.-Cuba trade treaty, with concessions to Cuban sugar, tobacco, potatoes and rum in return for concessions to Louisiana rice and other products...
...tube set, he found he could buy parts and make one himself for $35. Result was Crosley Radio Corp. of Cincinnati, Ohio, now approximately fourth largest U.S. radio producer. From the vocation of making radios to the avocation of radio broadcasting was a short shunt and the upshot was station WLW, most powerful in the world along with Moscow's RVI. WLW sends out such big charges (500,000 watts) that neighbors report hearing hillbilly bands in their drainpipes and lighting electric bulbs with wires stuck in nearby ground...
...Zionist dancers is Moscow-born Rina Nikova, former prima ballerina of Palestine's Tel Aviv Opera. While working in Palestine, Ballerina Nikova's interest in the Yemenite Jews became so absorbing that she spent months living in their villages learning their customs and dances at first hand. Upshot of her study was the formation in 1932 of a ballet troupe of seven dark-eyed, black-haired Yemenite girls. Because the girls sang as well as danced, she called her troupe the Palestine Singing Ballet. Eight months ago, Nikova's seven singing ballerinas started out on a tour...
...Diego, Calif., a 56-year-old man was brought before Judge Clarence F. Terry, charged with being drunk & disorderly. He pleaded that he was celebrating his divorce. Judge Terry: "When were you divorced?" Answer: "Twenty-five years ago." Upshot: $10 fine...