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...artists. They were members of a French troupe then residing in Rome, they said. "I told this to Mayor Walker and he accepted the explanation. I also asked a friend of mine to tell the Brazilians not to dance any more because I didn't want any fuss. They left off dancing." ¶ Among the Mayor's shipmates were Negress singer Florence Mills, conductor Walter Damrosch, cartoonist Rube Goldberg, conductor Sergi Koussevitzky. The Mayor was auctioneer for the ship's pool, won a bet on fighter Tunney, etc. ¶ In Manhattan, Mayor Walker's subordinates waited...
...Without fuss or pother a dark, good-looking man, accompanied by three attendants, boarded the Orient Express at Sofia, Bulgarian capital (TIME, Aug. 8). Next morning newspapers announced in Slavic, King Boris had departed on vacation. Not a word of his destination escaped...
Your correspondent in Milwaukee, John Muller, who praised you for not printing Lindbergh's picture on the front cover and who prophesied so blithely that one or more Junkers' planes will come gliding into New York with no fuss or fiddling, must now feel like the blatant tactless ass that he gives every appearance of being...
...London, Mayor Walker slipped in and out of his hotel without fuss, cocked his white straw "skimmer" at an acute angle and exhibited a burst of U. S. energy. He went through a mock arrest, telling Sir John Knill, the acting Lord Mayor, "It's the sword makes me own up, my Lord." He dashed to luncheons, teas, handshakings; tried out the Lord Mayor's chair, a chipper urchin among greybeards; rattled questions about London slums and busses; missed his dinner; clapped at the theatre; consoled Mrs. Walker for losing her largest trunk. He startled his Manhattan subordinates...
...German Junker's plane has smashed all endurance records by remaining in the air over 52 hours. The best Lindbergh ever did was 33 hours! Therefore it is a foregone conclusion that one or more Junker's planes will come gliding into New York with no fuss or fiddling. . . . JOHN MULLER Milwaukee...