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Meanwhile Dr. Leiva, not so badly hurt that he could not express himself freely, told newsmen: "It might have happened to anybody. But the Washington police force is the worst I have ever known. . . . One man [during the fight] thrust his hand into my face and I nearly bit his little finger...
Accepted. As they spread their mutual aid, the Masons became powerful. Outsiders, including nobility, sought admission. Masonry required them to believe in a Supreme Architect, to pass certain mental and moral tests. By 1620 there were "Accepted Masons," as well as free, practicing Masons, in England. Bit by bit the accepted members predominated in the old Guild. Up grew military, philosophical and all sorts of lodges. These facilitated Masonry's growth over the world and its appeal to men of high position...
...those seasoned cinema wheel-horses who, though they pass through periods of taking themselves seriously, still do their best work in comedies. Gloria Swanson got her start in a striped, form fitting bathing suit in the old Mack Sennett pie & water works. Once Chaplin refused to allow her a bit in His New Job because she was too solemn. Her sense of humor has now developed to the point of sending bundles of old newspapers to the staterooms of friends sailing for Europe with the greeting: "Just something to read. . . ." However, she sculpts a little and writes verse. Her singing...
...Hearts" and "Soldier on the Shelf" (Columbia)?The lilting waltz from the German film, Zwei Herzen, coupled with a brisk, military bit. Ben Selvin plays them...
Subway Express (Columbia). Murder, and the detection of the murderer, in a subway train full of passengers in its run between 14th and 145th Streets, Manhattan, was accomplished by the authors of this piece with such credibility and pace, bit-part humor and rapid shifting of suspicion that Subway Express had a successful Broadway run. It was a much better play than it is a picture, principally because the single setting, which gave the play its concentration, cheats the camera of its most vital effect, the ability to move in a flash of a second over all space and time...