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...bound Collings. Two suspects had been seen at Norwalk, but they had departed. From the Hotel Charles in Springfield, Mass, had come word that an "F. E. Collingbourne & Wife" of Stamford, Conn, had registered there more than a year ago. A blanket from the Hotel Charles and a pair of large canvas shoes were found in the launch with Mrs. Collings. Fred J. Voos, president of the Bridgeport baseball club, told police he had borrowed a similar blanket early in the summer, that later it had been stolen from his boat with a pair of canvas shoes and a knife...
Since Lyricist Bud De Sylva left the team of De Sylva, Brown & Henderson a faint note of illiteracy has crept into the words of the remaining pair's songs. Mr. Vallee, A.B. Yale 1927, must wince a little when he has to sing...
...gasoline, no State has a sales tax on every article of trade. During the War and after, the U. S. taxed a variety of luxury commodities from automobiles and candy to cigar holders and Mah-Jongg sets. The Reed plan would tax everything. The sale of a $6 pair of shoes would net the Treasury 3?. Senator Reed estimated such a tax, bitterly opposed by retailers, would net the U. S. $2,000,000,000 per year or about half of its operating costs...
...Kinston, N. C., William Alston's goat in seven days ate the following: an automobile seat, a hollyhock row. a pair of pyjamas, two days' mail, 17 hens' nests, a prayer book, three rows of assorted flowers. On the eighth day William Alston slew his goat, gave it to a Negro family. The family ate the goat...
...million men short, and Georgie was not attractive enough to win out in the manhunt. She tried to be in love with Purfleet, an intellectual light-weight who was cautiously attracted by her massive virginity, but as soon as marriage was in the wind Purfleet showed a clean pair of heels. Georgie's big chance came when Geoffrey, a stupid but eligible young planter, spent his leave with her family. Georgie was the first white girl Geoffrey had seen in some time, and that nearly turned the trick, but unfortunately for her he began to look around, found Margy...