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...author of King George's latest biography might be. The book, "By a Person in Close Touch with the Royal Family," was begun at the height of the King's illness in the ghoulish expectation of being the first posthumous biography. With the King's recovery, proof sheets of the volume were forwarded to Buckingham Palace for approval last week. Officials, horrified at the revelation of personal details in the King's private life, not only forbade its publication but sent special King's messengers to the publishers to suppress...
Although a full sized house has not yet been constructed, the inventor claims that it is flood-proof, earth-quake-proof, wind-proof, tornado-proof, heat-proof, cold-proof, and economical and that an airplane could run into it without damaging it. In addition, the partitions and struts are made of hollow duralumin which is pumped full of air to increase the tensile strength of the structure and to enable the children of the house to fall down without being hurt by the springy flooring...
Last week, McClure Newspaper Syndicate put out a "new" feature. At the head are the words "Strange as It Seems-by John Hix." Below were cartoons and descriptions of astounding freaks, seeming impossibilities. At the bottom appears the legend, "If you doubt this, write for proof to the author...
...fiscal week" sys tem. Each Saturday night the books were closed, reckoning made. Systematizing backstage procedure, he fell naturally into stage managing. Goat Song and Androcles and the Lion were two of his assignments. He has been a consultant and lecturer (Columbia University) on theatrical business problems. Now, in proof of his economic prowess, he has furnished his new offices with one month's interest from the capital collected for Bela Blau, Inc. Members of his board of directors in clude Langdon Post, New York State Assemblyman, onetime cinema critic (New York Evening World), sponsor of a bill...
...financial interest in the public domain, over which there is steady controversy between private operation and the Government, has never proved effective in the manufacture of a disinterested or reliable newspaper. The fact that such type of ownership is usually concealed as long as possible is another proof that it is often dangerous in its purpose." Said the New York Evening Post: "No matter how much Mr. Graustein may protest, the sound sense of the public will know that it is bad public policy to have an important and constantly increasing group of newspapers under the ownership of a great...