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ALEXEI IVANOVITCH RYKOV, 46, is the President of the Union Council of People's Commissars, or, roughly speaking, Prime Minister of Russia, the post that was the late Lenin's. Born a peasant, he took a conspicuous part in the revolution. He, mild-mannered, is often seen slouching...
The bell which that name rings in the mind has not pealed since 1915, when Joseph Little Bristow ceased to be a U. S. Senator from Kansas after six tempestuous years. In the mild-mannered gentleman who now farms and sells lots on the outskirts of Washington it is hard...
Unlike his famed grandsire, who (according to Emil Ludwig, famed Teuton biographer) until he was well past 30 was considered a "Taugenichts" (good-for-nothing), annoying his neighbors with his scandalous affairs with women, Prince Otto, if intellectually inferior, is a mild-mannered, well-behaved citizen of the Republic. Whereas...
The newly elected grand chief engineer is Alvanley ("Al") Johnston, 52, Canadian-born, quiet-mannered, efficient. For 32 years he was an engineer on the Great Northern, now carries a free pass on that road as a "Veteran Engineer."
MOSQUITOES-William Faulkner-Boni & Liveright ($2.50). A dozen mosquitoes gather on a yacht in southern waters. The mosquitoes are: unctuous Mrs. Maurier, queen mosquito, owner of the yacht, collector of eccentric celebrities; over-mannered Mr. Talliaferro, who carries a malaria germ of artistic small talk; Jennie and Pete, lower order...