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...scolded big corporations for not giving out intelligible statements; he and Mrs. Gerard have some 2,300 shares of General Electric and he defied "any one to tell from the statements of this company what it is doing." Because Mr. Gerard has previously been known as a foe of shortselling, no Wall Streeter was surprised to read that he added: "I also feel that shortselling here should be curbed immediately...
...When told by his Indian friend Mrs. Sarojini Naidu that "the famous Mr. Chaplin wants to see you," St. Gandhi seemed puzzled, asked: "What is he famous for? Who is this Mr. Chaplin?" Sensitive Cinemactor Chaplin had been stopping the week-end with pugnacious Winston Churchill, M. P., public foe of Indian Independence. Mr. Churchill has called Mr. Gandhi "a half-naked, seditious fakir!" Mr. Chaplin, possibly primed by Mr. Churchill, fired the following question at Mr. Gandhi soon after he was introduced : "Why do you champion such a crude device as the hand spinning wheel? Inventions are the inheritance...
...Zambezi Valley, Northern Rhodesia, Rev. Myron Taylor met the missionary's traditional foe. A trapped lion had broken loose; natives were afraid to track it clown. Missionary Taylor got a rifle, advanced upon the lion, fired thrice, missed thrice. The gun jammed. The natives fled. When they returned the lion had eaten Missionary Taylor's hands and one foot, clawed his body bloody. Missionary Taylor died...
...Governor Long continued to agitate Texas from afar. One night last week a great rally of 7,000 cotton farmers was held in Austin's Wooldridge Park. Governor Long had planned to attend but at the last minute decided not to, lest Lieut. Governor Paul Cyr, his bitter political foe, seize the Louisiana Government in his absence and unmake the Long machine. The Governor's 12-year-old son Russell went to the Texas capital in his place, explaining that: "Papa couldn't leave because he was afraid Lieut. Governor Cyr might make a mess." From slangy William Kennon Henderson...
Nominee Bryan had him made New York's member of the Democratic National Committee. Bryan lived to see Editor Mack battling no less vigorously for his bitter foe, Alfred Emanuel Smith. In 1908 Democrat Mack was made chairman of the national committee...