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Died. Franz Xavier Schwarz, 72, pudgy bald treasurer of the Nazi Party from its 1925 beer-hall days to the finish; in a Regensburg, Germany, internment camp. Never famous himself, faithful Partyman Schwarz had one of the best-known mailboxes in Europe: Munich #33-where Nazis sent their party dues and contributions...
...rules as to age, salary, etc., to be agreed upon by the college presidents. It would work like this: suppose we find a great halfback, over in the Bluegrass, just graduating from high school. He wants a college education but he can't afford it. Maybe he prefers Xavier University to the University of Louisville. We sign him as a player on our professional team at, say, $4,000 a year and tell him he may go to school anywhere he likes, provided he is on time for all practices and all games...
...famous 23-foot Marmon with his name in solid gold on the door. He can no longer afford to pass out $100 tips to waiters. His hair is white, and the lean, taut jaw line once beloved by millions of women has run to jowls. "At 64," booms Francis Xavier Bushman, "my energies are somewhat-ah-shall we say, mellowed, but my profile is unimpaired...
...Acquaintance. Before making their raid, the police and Assistant District Attorney Francis Xavier O'Brien waited until they were sure that the illegal operations were well underway. One afternoon last week 15 cops, some disguised as carpenters, others as moving men, surrounded the building and jimmied their way into apartment 36. In the kitchen, turned into a well-appointed operating room, they found an old acquaintance: Dr. Leopold W. A. Brandenburg, 61, of Union City, N.J., who has been having police trouble, off & on, since...
...bring the crowds in, the long-suffering Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra had been doing some strange tricks this season, sometimes with only a single rehearsal. It played an all-Gershwin concert under Paul Whiteman's baton; it struggled through an evening of "Music of the Americas" led by Xavier Cugat (who complained bitterly during, a 1946 rehearsal that the orchestra failed to "pay him any respect"); it accompanied Margaret Truman's concert debut...