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In 1911, Carlton Curtis, 43, a rich bachelor, was standing at the corner of 54th Street and Broadway, Manhattan, when he saw an automobile bearing down recklessly upon a 17-year-old Negro girl. He snatched her back to safety, found her lithe and vivacious, befriended her. She said her...
Because the French Federation of Feminine Sports denied her application for an amateur racing license on the grounds she wore trousers and used language learned in the army camps of a martial grandfather, Madame Violette Morris of Paris, Olympic discus thrower and all-around athlete, sued the Federation for 100...
At Akron, Ind., Mrs. Jenny Rader last week sued Flyer Oscar Crabill and his passenger, Arthur Coblentz, for $1,000 damages because recently, "Although the portals of the plaintiff's home are always open to friends and guests," they entered the house by crashing through the roof.
The painting of a buxom brunette called La Belle Ferronière was still displayed, last week, in a Manhattan courtroom. Was it the work of Leonardo da Vinci? To this question Georges Sortais, French connoisseur, had answered YES, and the owner of the painting, Mrs. Harry J. Hahn of...
Suit. The Kansas City museum did not buy the painting. Mrs. Hahn sued Sir Joseph for $500,000 libel.