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...leaked out that on May Day a Soviet train was wrecked; many were killed. A White plot was charged...
...scheme consists in informing gullible individuals that they (the gullibles) are descendents of one Anneke Jans Bogardus, wife of the Rev. Everardus Bogardus, who owned the valuable plot some two centuries ago. For a modest fee to cover the expenses of investigating the title, the swindlers hold out to their prospects the possibility of sharing in the sale of the property for many millions of dollars, should it be found rightfully to belong to the Bogardus heirs. For many years the clique lived off the "fees" obtained from the "heirs...
...Frankfurter sausage containing a little powdered glass and a few cholera germs was the appetizing dish said to have been planned for Hugo Stinnes by the so-called German Cheka-but Stinnes' death (TIME, April 21) foiled the Red plot. In Paris, it was persistently declared that the "King of Coke" had committed suicide. For the first time since the French occupation of the Ruhr, President Ebert is to visit the occupied area. The occasion is the Cologne Industrial Fair. Herr Penfick of the National Liberal League and Professor Meyer, "another politician," have testy tempers. Penfick attacked Meyer...
Committees to Plot in Classrooms...
...When Knighthood Was in Flower, Driven, The Pilgrim, Down to the Sea in Ships, The Covered Wagon, Hollywood, Merry-Go-Round. These Mr. Sherwood adduces to show that the film industry can produce works of art. To each he gives a compact critical survey, a short recital of the plot and a description of the manner of its production that is perhaps the most interesting feature of each chapter. In addition he gives honorable mention to a number of photoplays, lists the best individual performances by players, submits the pictures that brought the largest receipts, and treats of censorship, cinema...