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Four years ago the U. S. Court of Claims decided five of his six patent claims were valid, later decided the Government owed him approximately half a million dollars. Forthwith he wrote Congress that he had now planned an 85,000-ton, shockproof warship which would be immune to serious damage by shell, torpedo, or air bomb...
Affectionately called "Senator" by the last three U. S. Presidents, Newshawk Young is often trotted out at whistle stops, on campaign train-trips, and introduced to assembled citizens, whom he forthwith favors with any one of his numbered orations (No. 5, "Mother Love"; No. 7, "'Our Flag"; No. 22, "America the Beautiful"; No. 19, "Sanctity of the Home"; No. 11, "For a United Party...
...month Ranger Townsend resurrected it, set off, sky-hooting down the trail. Fortnight ago a new posse joined him-the twelve regional big-shot bankers of the Federal Advisory Council, adjunct of the Federal Reserve System, who announced in a unanimous yell: ". . . Purchases of foreign silver should be discontinued forthwith...
...Potsdam in 1747 went Johann Sebastian Bach, by royal invitation, and was joyfully received by "the most distinguished flute player in Europe," King Frederick the Great. Himself an amateur versifier and composer, Frederick asked his famed visitor to improvise on a royal theme. Bach forthwith obliged, extemporized a three-voice fugue. Frederick, delighted but still royal, thereupon set a more difficult task: development of his original theme into a six-part fugue. That was a stumper, even for the 62-year-old master; to make things worse, Frederick wished the assignment worked out in his presence...
...Forthwith Comrade Ben Gitlow was expelled from the Executive Committees of the Communist International and Pro-fintern (Red International of Trade Unions), replaced by William Foster as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U. S. A. Back in the U. S. a month later, he refused the CPU's offer of a job in Latin America to keep his mouth shut, was kicked out altogether...