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...full downstairs. The mechanic on duty so informed the driver of the roadster, requested that he steer to the elevator for a ride to the second floor. Out leaped the 'driver. "I," said he, "am Georges Carpentier," bashed the mechanic's nose with his gorgeous right fist. With an untranslatable exclamation, the mechanic dove at his customer's knees, tackled, rolled the Orchid Man of France upon the greasy garage floor, pummelled, beat, ejected him. Next day Georges was not seen in public. A newspaper headlined: "GEORGES USED AS GARAGE...
Recently Senator Joe T. Robinson felled with a fist-blow, on the Chevy Chase golf course in Washington, a fellow-golfer whose behavior displeased him. Mr. Robinson was suspended from the club (TIME, July 7) and later his suspension was made permanent...
...Luis Angel Firpo, strong of fist but somewhat weak of English, went to Washington for a visit. He saw Arlington Cemetery, and the Pan-American Building. His car then drove up to the White House Office building. He was announced, and the President ordered him admitted. The immense man walked into the President's room. Mr. Coolidge shook hands and throwing back his head looked up at Firpo. "Well," drawled Mr. Coolidge, "you certainly look all that your records have made us imagine...
Following faithfully Italian Fascism, Dictator Primo de Rivera, who seized power last Fall, *ousted the politicians and set up a military directorate to rule Spain with the mailed fist (TIME, Sept. 24), last week requested King Alfonso to sign a decree demilitarizing the Directorate, modifying the dictatorial powers of himself, making the Ministers once more responsible to the Crown...
Brigadier-General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Board of Appeals, U. S. Veterans' Bureau: "In the midst of a hearing in my office, an ex-service man arose, struck me in the eye with his fist. I grappled...