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...Ambassador Forbes is neither credulous nor crochety," said Japanese Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa handsomely at one of these functions. "He is never ridden by nightmares of suspicion...
...found out no more about him until last week when E. Phocion Howard, publisher of the lively racing weekly New York Press, printed an interview with one Paddy Barrie, whom he described as "an engaging little cuss." Paddy Barrie, an ex-jockey of Scotch extraction who professed to have ridden in two Grand Nationals and to have collaborated on newspaper articles with the late Author Edgar Wallace, told all about the dyeing of Aknahton, gave out valuable hints on "ringing'' in general: "It's the softest thing in the world to ring a horse...
...England on the Bremen. Waiting for him there were his two Grand National entries, Alike and Glangesia. Alike won one of the Grand National trials a year ago but finished the race far back in the field, while Glangesia came in seventh. Glangesia, a 12-year-old Irish horse, ridden by his Irish jockey, James Ryan, last autumn won the International Steeplechase at Grasslands Downs, Tenn. In his exuberance "Dick" Mellon told friends that, if he won the Grand National, he would buy a Fierce-Arrow automobile and "give it away...
...less than the ?16-to-?24 tax on Model A Fords. Price for the sedan (cheapest model) is ?120. Austin's sedan costs ?118, Morris' ?122. Fords, like Austins and Morrises, will run 35 miles on a gallon of petrol. In seeking to break into tax-ridden Britain's popular low-powered automobile field, American Ford planned to give Britain her share of the profits. Though last week's display models were made in the U. S., cars for sale will be built at the Ford plant at Dagenham, along with milk floats, fire engines, tractors...
...Boston University to open a course in "Problems of Depression" places the institution in the front rank of up-to-date colleges. So far as can be ascertained, no other university has taken a like step, which is surprising in view of the fact that the world is investigator-ridden today...