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...Japanese father and a U. S. mother: Leonie Gilmour. He is no relation of famed Microbe Hunter Hideyo Noguchi w:ho died of yellow fever in 1928, but his father. Yone Noguchi, is a poet almost as well known in Japan. Isamu Noguchi was taken to Japan when (wo years old. After a few years of Japanese school he was sent to the Interlaken experimental school in Rolling Prairie, Ind. and subjected to the ideas of Edward Aloysius Rumely, its director. It was here that young Noguchi first decided to be an artist. In 1922 he apprenticed himself to Gutzon...
...enlisted in the Army in June, 1928, served wo years, was discharged by purchase. Hall of my time in the Army, approximately, was served n post guardhouses at Ft. Logan, Kelly Field, Rockwell Field. Just before my last court-nartial my defense counsel, Lieut. Xissley, told me that I had been more expense to the Army, due to court-martials, etc., than I could ever repay, even though I should serve the Army 30 -ears. Yet, by reason of my service, I am entitled to this privilege: board, room, clothing, complete medical and hospital service the rest...
...Mass, was a staid, church going, codfish-eating community. Before and since, this has been far from the case. Prime clown of early Newburyport "Lord" Timothy Dexter. He sent coals to Newcastle, warming pans to the In made a fortune. He lived in a mansion bristling with minarets and wo statues. He drank constantly, crown haddock-hawker his private poet laureate with a wreath of parsley, spelled v than Chaucer, published oftener...
...deeply regret that a misunderstanding should have arisen in the matter, especially on the part of any of our Staunton friends as wo have only the highest regard for this excellent institution. F. L. BROOKE...
...Most of them belong to a Tong, of which there are about 15. Initiation fees, dues, give the Tongs big treasuries, tempt the leaders. Most Tong wars are caused by defection to the ranks of rival organizations, business rivalry, racketeering. Most notable Tongs are: On Leong, Hip Sing, Yan Wo, Tai Look, Tai Pang, Tong On. Over all western Tongs is the Peace Society, over all eastern Tongs, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, both supreme arbiters in their territories of Chinatown difficulties...