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...concerned that the genial attitude of King Carol since his restoration has seemed to the Hebrew community almost too good to be true (TIME, June 23). Last week His Majesty followed up an earlier protestation of "love for my Jewish subjects" by exerting pressure on the Minister of Interior. Forthwith the Ministry's Chef de Cabinet, M. Tarfoianu, famed Rumanian Jew-baiter, was dismissed from his post. Jews continued to rejoice that during his protracted exile King Carol took a Jewish mistress...
...move his motor car from a restricted parking area. "Where d'y' get your authority?" demanded Mr. Judd. The man displayed a gold badge. Scoffed Mr. Judd: "Pooh, pooh, you're only a fireman." The badged man was Mayor John Flood of Wappingers Falls, who forthwith arrested contemptuous Mr. Judd...
From Gao the captive lines of men and maidens marched north to Marrakesh (Morocco City). Once inside the city, chains were knocked off, the Negro men were told to pick their own brides and mate with them forthwith. The great mass-mating lasted for weeks. Sultan Moulay Ismail obtained as an eventual result the most powerful army in North Africa. He benevolently gave each couple a strip of land to till and the choice of either a donkey or a camel...
...East Lansing. The power: five kilowatts. The wavelength: 124 metres. Receiving sets were to be supplied all State-police stations, all sheriffs' office's. As a matter of comity Michigan officials had taken their broadcasting plans to Washington, asked the Radio Commission to issue forthwith a permit to erect the station, a license for its operation. The Commission had rejected Michigan's demand, temporized, set a hearing date in May. Chairman Robinson of the Commission politely explained that the U. S. radio law provides no special privileges for State broadcasting, that Michigan's petition would doubtless...
...Forthwith she sailed for Europe where Budapest persuaded her to sing a Traviata for $4,000. But her voice failed to please. Nor did her audience sit lethargic. Only the presence of Admiral Horthy, Hungary's Regent, saved the scene from riot. Next night she sang Rigoletto. Tired of hissing, people walked...