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...indefatigably litigious brothers Finn-Charles C. and George C. of Los Angeles-tried to gain possession of a war-surplus airplane that they claimed they had bought. Although a federal court had enjoined them from owning the plane, the Finns arrested a U.S. district attorney for "violating" their constitutional rights. Result: the Finns got a one-year rap for assaulting a federal officer and were blasted by a U.S. appellate court for having "taken the law into their own hands." Now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court is the case of Dr. Harvey K. Jackson, a Texan...
...another parable, possibly told by a Finn, two Danes, two Norwegians and two Swedes are wrecked together on a desert island. By the time they are rescued, the Danes have formed a cooperative, the Norwegians are fighting, and the Swedes are waiting to be introduced...
...homespun aphorisms of Will Rogers to 700 U.S. dailies, went on to establish such other favorites as Dale Carnegie and Joe Palooka; of cancer; in Southbridge, Mass. Still going strong in 1,000 newspapers under McAdam, 72, the syndicate now features, besides tireless Joe, the Flintstones, Dixie Dugan, Mickey Finn, and Abigail ("Dear Abby") Van Buren...
...liable for charges until their loss has been reported, a St. Louis company called Saf-Card Inc. has announced a plan by which, for $20 annually, Saf-Card will indemnify the holder for up to $10,000 in purchases run up on a card by champagne spenders with mickey finn morals...
...message. In the Baccalaureate sermon he urged '39 to "resist the tumult of the moment, the impact of the immediate present, the corrosive atmosphere of potential strife," and develop their own talents and personalities. At the UT Mickey Rooney was featured in the title role of "Huckleberry Finn...