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...short circuit. Washington fire chiefs blamed a faulty flue in the chimney from Secretary Newton's office. A fire had been burning on his hearth barely an hour before while he was dressing there for the White House party. The half-story garret above was a fire-nest where flames fed greedily on bundled papers in storage...
...dictionary do readers of average U. S. newspapers need for such journalistic jargon as sugar daddy, love nest, heart balm, torch murder. But last week the epigrammarians who write U. S. head lines were confronted by a phrase which even they could not grasp without assistance...
...Number Two event of the U. S. Polo year came to pass last week at Rumson, N. J., where fishhawks nest on the telephone poles and the Shrewsbury River winds placidly into the sea. The National Open tournament next month at Meadowbrook will be U. S. Polo's Number One event for 1929. Last week's play was the National Junior...
Mayor Walker was 25 minutes late for the City Hall ceremony. When he arrived, telegrams were stacked before him congratulating him on the acceptance he had not yet given. Mr. Heckscher, wearing a large bow tie, arose, adjusted his spectacles, placed himself before the nest of microphones to read his speech. So faint was his voice that .Mayor Walker had to cup his ears and lean forward. Nominator Heckscher gave "40 indictments" (reasons) why Mayor Walker should be renominated. He praised his administration as "brilliant." recalled the "goodwill" the Mayor had spread by junketing through Europe...
...week Congressman LaGuardia, on vacation at Hot Springs, Ark., renewed his efforts to secure Governor's Island for a city air terminal by charging that resistance to the plan came primarily from Army officers stationed at Fort Jay who did not wish to be ousted from their comfortable nest. Said the Congressman...