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Hardly had Editor Lorimer driven from the White House grounds through the east gate, than Publisher Hearst drove in through the west gate. He, with Mrs. Hearst, took lunch with the President "by special invitation." Again statements from any of the lunchers were lacking, but the coincidence set people wondering who would win the race, which is sure to come among publishers and editors, for Hoover articles...
...wife. She died while he worked over her. Through the next day, persons who had escaped and many rescuers who had gone home, thinking themselves safe suddenly collapsed. They were taken to hospitals. Many of them died. Ben Jones, professional football player, only slightly gassed in the Clinic, drove home, 150 miles to Grove City, Pa., became ill 24 hours later and died...
Great was the celebration in Windsor when the royal motorcade drove through High Street. Pinafored schoolchildren waved flags and screamed excitedly. The merry housewives of Windsor showered rose petals on King George's sober limousine. At the foot of Queen Victoria's statue stood the black-robed mayor and red-robed Town Councilors...
Lean, wiry Bacha Sakao, "The Water Carrier," bandit King of Afghanistan sat, unconcerned, in the capital city of Kabul last fortnight while the King he drove from the throne, plump, oily Amanullah, prestidigitated in far off Kandahar to show his fitness to rule...
...John Davison Rockefeller Jr. drove to his Manhattan home last week, his car nearly bumped an inebriate couple emerging from a speakeasy close by the Rockefeller residence. To avoid undesirable neighbors, Mr. Rockefeller long ago bought most of the block. Rockefeller lawyers were reported planning action to dry up the Rockefeller neighborhood, including the section bounded by Fifth and Sixth avenues and 48th and 51st streets, honeycombed with speakeasies, which Mr. Rockefeller lately bought as site for the Metropolitan Opera and a smart shopping centre...