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...Duke Alexander, cousin and brother-in-law of Nicholas II, handsomely strides in his new autobiography. For several years "Sandro" (the Grand Duke) and "Nicky" (the Emperor) lived with their wives in adjoining suites in the same palace. In Alexander's book, already a best seller, there are epic passages of solemn grandeur and there is enough spice to suit spice-hounds...
...Epic, gruesome is Alexander's eye witness description of the death of Tsar Alexander II, mangled by a nihilist's bomb. "The Emperor . . . presented a terrific sight, his right leg torn off, his left leg shattered, innumerable wounds all over his head and face. One eye was shut, the other expressionless. . . . The agony lasted 45 minutes. Not a detail of this scene could ever be forgotten by those who witnessed it. I am the only one left, all he others are dead, nine having been shot by the Bolsheviks 37 years later...
After the much-publicized Col. William Avery Bishop, one of Canada's best known War aces is Capt. W. R. ("Wop") May, a survivor of the epic battle which ended in the death of Germany's famed Baron Manfred von Richthofen. "Wop" May was at Fort McMurray, Alberta, 1,100 miles away, when Constable Millen was shot. He loaded a bomb rack, took off in an army plane...
Several days before the execution last week the sensational press tried to inject into it some of the epic quality of the capture. Notably energetic was Hearst's evening Journal. It tried to engineer a last-minute visit of Helen Walsh, the girl friend, to the death house; it assigned seven reporters and photographers to the story and ballyhooed it with a radio broadcast by the city editor. Other newsmen at the prison called the proceedings ''The Journal's execution...
...affections of Mr. Warren's wife, Edith, Mrs. Storey's cousin. Mrs. Warren filed suit for divorce in Minden, Nev. Declared Mr. Warren's attorneys: "No scandal is connected with the case." Resigned. James Truslow Adams, U. S. historian, author of The Adams Family, The Epic of America; from the Pulitzer Prize History Committee. Reasons: 1) residence in London (confirmed); 2) friction with the committee (unconfirmed) of which he has been chairman for two years...