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Governor Ruby Laffoon made a Kentucky Colonel of Mae West, professional voluptuary.* In the same batch he made a Colonel of Miss Betsy Helburn, graduate of the University of Kentucky, dietitian of The Bronx's Lebanon Hospital. Said Colonel West in Hollywood: "I guess he wants me to help him keep his troops under control. When do I get my uniform...
...Some Laffoon colonels: Tom Mix, Jack Dempsey, Louis McHenry Howe, Graham McNamee, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Morton Downey, Bebe Daniels...
Outside the Banks, life went on in a mood of perplexity now cheerful, now gloomy. "While the people of the state of Kentucky are suffering from a general depression, they may, perhaps, in comparison with the people of other states, have just cause for thanksgiving. . . ." So declared Governor Ruby Laffoon last week, creating four days of "Thanksgiving" to make bank holidays legal. Although other Governors omitted such laffoonery, citizens nearly everywhere were surprised and thankful that realities were no worse...
...owner, Col. Bradley. In 1921 the Bradley horses Behave Yourself and Black Servant finished first and second in the Kentucky Derby. Two more Bradley horses-Bubbling Over and Bagenbaggage-did the same thing in 1926. No one else has ever owned three Derby winners. When Governor Ruby Laffoon congratulated him last week, Col. Bradley said he was particularly pleased because Burgoo King is a son of Bubbling Over...
...Mississippi mob took its cue from similar action earlier this month in Kentucky where a rowdy throng invaded Governor Laffoon's home at Frankfort in protest against a 1% sales tax passed by the House (TIME, March 14). Last week the Kentucky levy died when the General Assembly ended its session without Senate action...