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Alfonso's squirt-water insult to the future ruler of the nation which rules the waves. Wilhelm II, when Kaiser and All Highest War Lord, used to ask visiting royal males below the rank of Emperor to lean out a certain window, the better to watch troops parading below. When they did so the All Highest would give their posteriors a resounding, open-palm slap, would laugh and laugh...
Well may the invaders be on their guard throughout the trip, for bitter competition of European builders has bred threats of attempted sabotage to the planes. Delicate is the position of Shell Petroleum Corp. which, ruled by a British-knighted Hollander, Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, is supplying fuel for the invaders' planes...
...sculpture to be shown includes outstanding figures of the boxers Schmelling and Dempsey, as well as the famous marathon runner, Paavo Nurmi. Among the noted painters whose works will be shown are: Max Beekman, Carl Hofer, Max Kaus, and Otto Muelier; the outstanding sculptor of this exhibit is Wilhelm Lehmbruck...
Died. H.M. Queen Victoria of Sweden, first cousin of onetime Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany; in Rome; of a pulmonary-bronchial ailment...
...Bavarian village of Bayreuth there lies dying of old age the widow of the late great Wilhelm Richard Wagner. Among the neighbors an air of secrecy pervades regarding her condition. She is rarely rational-that much is known. And on warm, sunshiny days she may sometimes be seen lying on a balcony over-looking the garden and Wagner's grave...