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They did not disappear because of lack of oxygen in the water, weather (the smelts died in both warm and cold water) or air men's practice bombings in the Great Lakes (bombed fish have pulverized livers, of which there was no sign in the dead smelts). Dr. Van Oosten thinks that most likely the fish were killed by bacteria or viruses, but probably no one will ever know...
...will be made if America fails to recognize the vital moment. Such coordinated help as may be regarded proper by our leaders should be synchronized with the British effort so that the English-speaking peoples of the world will not be broken in detail. The vulnerability of singleness will disappear before unity of effort...
...Missing Girls" exposes the bitter truth about the secret evil that warps clean young souls, ruins strong bodies, and shatters brilliant minds. Did you know that 50,000 young girls disappear every year? Where do they go? What do they do? The answer to these perplexing questions originally ran to ten full reels, but the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has done us the favor of deleting the more boring passages and the version at the Gayety has been reduced...
...Disappointment Clubs are also fictitious. Their "members" are supposed to answer advertisements for servants, agree to take a job, then fail to appear, call up and say they will be there the following day. When they finally show up, they work for two days and then disappear...
...ashamed. The Copley is just across the street from the Back Bay Station. When does a friend of the "New Yorker" get, off at South Station anyhow? All that indefinable air of well-being, good cigars and whiskey, that subtle compound of Brooks Bros., Yardley and Sulka disappear in a puff of smoke. The ruddy executive becomes a pathetic, puzzled little fellow in a battered fedora, clutching a suitcase in his arms and sweating profusely. He's probably run down at the heel, too. Hell, Harold, you might as well give him a dime and put him on the subway...