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Appointed. Capt. René Pugnet; to be Captain of the French liner Paris succeeding Capt. Yves Thomas, who goes on shore duty. After a successful career of 28 years with the French line, Capt. Thomas had three accidents in 18 months, was exonerated from each...
...been done and the result is far from discouraging. A company managed by J.A. Gauvin began a New York engagement last week with a piece entitled Trois Jeunes Filles Nues, which, for the sake of the censor, was translated as "Three Girls From The Folies Bergere." The book, by Yves Mirande, was innocuous enough and the music, by Raoul Moretti, was light and gay and altogether pleasant. In addition, the chief comedian, M. Servatius, turned out to be an exceedingly droll fellow. Not the least of the visitors' charms was their unpretentiousness. The French do not spend much...
Paris buzzed with comment. Within 48 hours, members of the Comite Francais du Tunnel sous la Manche, originally chartered in 1875, met in bustling session. Since new blood was obviously needed after half a century of stagnation, the Comite called in and elected as their president kinetic M. Yves Le Trocquer, recently French Minister of Public Works (1920-25). As Vice President they chose M. Jules Cambon, distinguished statesman and brother of beloved Paul Cambon (1843-1524) who was for 22 years French Ambassador to His Britannic Majesty. When the Committee adjourned to banquet, Jules Cambon, raised a sparkling glass...
Later in the day French Tunnel President Yves Le Trocquer cried happily to correspondents: "Absolutely everything on the French side is ready! This time our British friends seem clearly to favor realization of the project. Only one thing remains : that is, for the British government to create as rapidly as possible an association for the construction and exploitation of the tunnel from that...
...Capt. Yves Thomas of the S.S. Paris had company in his cabin on the last crossing. It was the famed Davidoff cello, made by Stradivari in 1712 for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, later owned by Karl Davidoff, cellist at the Imperial Russian Court. Valued at some $85,000 it came to the U. S. to enter the Wurlitzer collection. Capt. Thomas, himself a violinist, agreed it was .too valuable for the regular cargo, offered himself as bodyguard...