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...White Plains, N. Y., Frank Beattie, 24, went to an office where his girl worked as a stenographer, pleaded with her to marry him. She refused. He drew a pistol from his pocket, discharged a blank cartridge against his chest. Frank Beattie was arrested for violating a fireworks ordinance...
...strikebreakers. Then a little boy threw an egg at one of the convoying deputies. The shooting started. One Mike Filopovich, 40, father of five, ran to the door of his store, which also houses the National relief station. One slug clipped him in the head, another in the chest. He died instantly. Four strikers were wounded. Six constables and two Coal & Iron policemen were arrested for the killing. The Governor ordered an investigation...
...With his chest expanding under a livid blue shirt Commander Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson, patriotic Conservative M. P., proudly surveyed last week 20,000 seething, applauding Britons whom he had summoned to London's mammoth Albert Hall...
Picture "John Bull." Now make him taller-6 ft. 6 in. tall. Swell his great girth, expand his barrel chest. Make him the biggest, handsomest, beefiest John Bull in England. Dress him in a well-cut morning coat, impeccable striped trousers and white spats. Give him a handsome cane. Crown him with a high silk hat. Make him a Knight of Justice of St. John of Jerusalem. Make him the colossal figure who merged under the British Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. the largest group of shipping companies ever created (TIME, Feb. 23). Do all this and you have Baron...
...feet below the unhappy soldier dangled, swinging out behind the speeding plane like the weighted tail of a kite, while the cursing pilot struggled to stabilize the ship. At length the officer signalled to Osborne to cut himself loose and descend by the emergency 'chute strapped upon his chest. But Private Osborne had no knife. Then another plane flew up, maneuvered above Osborne while an officer lowered a sandbag to which a knife was tied. After a half-hour's effort, Osborne caught the knife, freed himself, opened his second 'chute and landed safely in a corn...