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...Forthwith, Mayor Dreier filed a $100,000 libel suit against the Independent for running an ad which pictured him as "unscrupulous, dishonest and corrupt." When Dreier's case against the Independent came to trial, the paper was ready for him. It put on the stand a cop who testified that he had paid Dreier $50 as a down payment for his job on the force. It also came out that city workers had fixed up the mayor's house with some $9,000 worth of improvements just before its tax assessment was reduced. Dreier's secretary stepped...
...late Artur Schnabel's memorable performances of 1932, all 32 of the Beethoven piano sonatas have been recorded (for Decca) by one man. The pianist: Germany's Wilhelm Kempff, 56. In Paris last fall, Kempff played the complete Beethoven cycle in recital, and Paris' critics forthwith ranked him ahead of Schnabel, Backhaus and Serkin. For the time being, at least, U.S. Beethoven fans will have to appraise his works from recordings. Like his fellow German pianist, Walter Gieseking, Kempff chose to go on playing in Germany under Hitler, now seems disinclined to risk McCarran Act visa difficulties...
...afternoon of Oct. 10, 1948, he and some henchmen drove four Ministery of Education trucks into the Treasury building. All climbed out carrying suitcases. "What are you going to do, rob the Treasury?" joshed a guard. "Quién sabe?" replied baby-faced Joseé Alemán. Forthwith, his men scooped pesos, francs, escudos, lire, rubles, pounds sterling and about $19 million in U.S. currency into the suitcases...
...began. And British Commonwealth countries, seeking solvency, have slashed all imports, including Lancashire cloth. To relieve unemployment, the British gov ernment did what little it could. Heavier orders for military uniforms and blankets would be placed in Lancashire mills. Imports of foreign grey (i.e., unfinished) cloth would be banned forthwith. Non-textile firms would be asked to settle in Lancashire so that whole families and cities would not slump together when the cotton mills close...
...amazed at the new turn of events. "This is the first time," said he, ". . . that the Government [has indicated] that if it lost completely on . . . the overall conspiracy charged, they would still be entitled to a decree on an issue not charged . . . It is a pretty slippery position." Medina forthwith adjourned the trial for a week, to let Kramer make up his mind whether he wanted to amend the complaint...