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...dozen other books from the Führer's personal library: autographed first editions by Authors Alfred Rosenberg, Joseph Goebbels and Ernst Roehm; a German translation of Henry Ford's My Life and Work, inscribed by piano-thumping Ernst ("Putzi") Hanf-staengl, "Mit alien besten Wunschen fur 1924." Price...
...pure" breed. They had been mated only with their own type for generations. Now the standard Nova Scotia tolling dogs are about 18 inches high, have thick, high-riding tails, and are the color of a red fox. Beneath their silky coat is an undercoat that makes their fur almost water-repellent. Brought up in most cases among the domesticated ducks of Yarmouth County's farms, they seldom lose control while tolling. They never bark before a shot is fired, never turn on the ducks...
...biggest thefts were two fur coats taken from Lowell House. One of the coats was partly insured; the other was not insured. They reportedly were worth $800 each...
...been killed after two years in prison camp, these would have shown much more wear, Van Vliet thought. Lieut. Colonel Donald B. Stewart, another U.S. prisoner of the Germans, told the committee that he agreed with Van Vliet. Other investigators have pointed out that many officers were dressed in fur coats and woolen scarves-dress suitable for Smolensk's cold spring but unlikely for August when the Russians claim the Poles were shot by the Germans...
Stolen from Lowell House were an $800 muskrat fur coat owned by Susan Inglis, Wellesley '52, and an $800 sheared coon coat owned by Ellen Daggett, a student at the University of Minnesota. Also lost in Lowell were a $70 topcoat with an $8 pair of shoes in the pockets belonging to Robert L. Wiley '52 and a $25 topcoat owned by Lawrence D. Stifel...