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Hirohito was not crowned. Instead, upon his father's death in 1926 he assumed protection of Japan's three Sacred Treasures: The Sword which commands "Be Brave!" The Jewel which says "Enlighten thyself!" and the Most Sacred Mirror of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu-Omikami which enjoins "Know thyself...
...Czermanski (pronounced "Zhishlaff Chairmanski"), a handsome, extremely self-possessed young man, was born in Lwow (pronounced "Wuff"), Poland, 35 years ago. His father & mother were mummers, but small Zdzislaw was only mildly interested in the theatre. He used to practice drawing caricatures by making faces at himself in a mirror. He learned much more about the human face by working for a time as a barber. During the War he enlisted in crop-headed Marshal Joseph Pilsudski's French-subsidized Polish Legion, was wounded, mentioned in despatches, thrice taken prisoner. In 1919 he gained his first fame...
Happiness, Too. Last week Happiness ("In Every Box") Candy Stores joined Loft, Inc., The Mirror and Pepsi-Cola Co. in their fight against Coca-Cola Co. Happiness sought $2,250,000 in damages, bringing the total of the actions to $11,750,000. Allegations were the same ones of libel and "malicious interference" with the Pepsi-Cola contracts (TiME...
...being sold deliberately as a substitute for Coca-Cola. When Coca-Cola Co. saw the label it scouted about, wrote Pepsi-Cola Co. last month that "your product ... has been and is now being substituted and passed off for Coca-Cola ... at ten Loft, six Happiness and seven Mirror stores. . . . This detection . . . entitles us to the reward . . . and we herewith . . . make demand upon you for the payment...
Last fortnight Loft and Pepsi-Cola answered with $7,000,000 worth of damage suits, charging Coca-Cola has maliciously attempted to break Pepsi-Cola's contracts, to hurt Loft's business (TIME, May 16). Last week the Mirror stores (operated by Loft) joined the fray and brought suits for $1,250,000 in damages. A million dollars was asked for general interference with the Loft-Mirror-Pepsi-Cola contracts, charging that Coca-Colans had bribed Mirror employes, had attacked Mirror's stock, had interfered with customers, had stolen goods. The second suit for $250,000 was because of Coca...