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...Station. The bowlegged little Prince with curly whiskers first called at the White House wearing a two-foot shako of lion's mane. A large crowd awaiting General Italo Balbo cheered him by mistake. Day later, wearing a pith helmet, he returned to lunch with the President. His soft Amharic had to be interpreted. In the Blue Room before the meal he flipped open a box and drew forth as royal presents for the President two lion skins and a photograph of his father-in-law in a gold frame. (President Hoover had sent the Emperor his autographed photograph...
...American Federation of Labor threatened to fight. Steel prices were to be based on new regional quotations instead of the old "Pittsburgh plus" system. Simultaneously eleven steel companies headed by Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Republic and Carnegie announced a 15% wage increase at once for about 100,000 workers. Soft Coal. This code represented only the unionized one-quarter of the bituminous industry, promised much controversy. Provided was an eight-hour day and an average 36-hour week for the year. Minimum pay: $5 per day for underground workers; $4 per day for outside men. Employes did not have to live...
...before the fish. As in bass fishing, it is ruinous to try to set your hook at. the first strike or when the fish is pointed toward you (it would fly out of his mouth). Once hooked the game, resourceful broadbill will roll (to shake the hook from his soft mouth, if caught there), sound (dive straight for the bottom), double under the boat to cut the line, make a run to try to carry away your tackle. Famed for his prodigious jumps, the marlin has been known to "walk on his tail" 50 yd. When you have landed such...
Grandsons, Edward Bok was proud of the fact that he encouraged his sons to make their own decisions, choose their own schools, plan their own vacations. Thus when his firstborn, tall, soft-spoken Curtis, finished at Hill School in 1915 he chose to enter Williams College. There he chose Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, distinguished himself as a varsity first baseman, was tapped for Gargoyle, the honor society whose roster includes New York's Governor Lehman, Massachusetts' Governor Ely. When the U. S. entered the War he chose to quit college for the Navy in which he attained...
...husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt). He had noticed, remarked His Grace, that his confreres were squirming in black coats, swabbing their necks under hard collars. That was regrettable. He had better sense. To the consternation of every Druid, the Duke had come to the banquet clad in white linen trousers, soft shirt & collar...