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...taken to liquidate the scandal of her last Lord Mayor, Gustav Boess, who resigned, although technically vindicated, after a trial for misconduct of Berlin's fiscal affairs (TIME, Oct. 20, et ante). As famous in Berlin as U. S. oil's "Little Black Bag" is the "Boess Fur Coat," "bought" by Frau Boess for a tenth part of its value from the Sklarek Brothers, rascally civic uniform contractors...
...highly distinguished representative of the present generation of a famous family. He is professor of Civil and International Law at the University of Hamburg and an important participant in the work of the Dawes and Young Committees under the Reparation Commission. He is founder and director of the Institut fur Auswartige Politik at Hamburg. From 1925 to 1928, he served on the Arbitral Tribunal at the Hague...
...tale of a Mongol fur hunter, who after being cheated by a wealthy trader, turns rebel, becomes the leader of the revolutionary forces, and is finally captured and shot. In his posession is an ancient silken document stating that he is the direct descendent of Ghengis Khan. He is rescued by the men who shot him, brought back to health, and dressed up as a prince in order that his people will ally themselves with their former enemies. In the end, one of his people is shot at his feet, he runs amok, and is shown at the close, sweeping...
WARRANT FOR PASTOR IN FUR THEFTS; LOOT CACHED IN ORGAN AT PARK FALLS...
...married another man, his father committed suicide. Only his sister Peter, an earnest, sunny girl, had faith in him, urged him to become a novelist. Ten years later, at Christmas time, Oliver came home with a brand new face. Evidently he was a successful novelist for he wore a fur coat. Had it not been for his faithful sister Peter, who showed them the error of their ways, he would have run away with his oldtime girl friend, for by now she was quite willing. So the play ended with everyone looking courageously toward the future, while outside there gleamed...