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...talkie (except Chaplin, who still swears he will never talk), Lon Chaney explained his reluctance by saying that speech would limit his disguises, make it impossible for him to wear part of his make-up in his mouth Last week Chaney was visiting a Manhattan hospital twice daily for throat treatment...
...Empire Free Trade" scheme, would be submitted to popular referendum by the Conservatives if returned to power (TIME, March 17). Tiring soon of slow Sheep Dog Baldwin, mercurial Baron Beaverbrook has recently resumed alliance with dynamic Viscount Rothermere. Congenial spirits, they hope to cut Mr. Baldwin's political throat, seize his party. At the Conservative meeting last week one-third of the M. P.'s present at one time voted against Mr. Baldwin, but after the faithful old sheep dog had bayed and barked the Conservative sheep plumped unanimously...
...Reichstag last week Deputy Karl Freybe, pork-packer, member of the little Economic Party, gave Spartan advice to East Prussian pig raisers who have been bitterly complaining of low prices, overproduction and cut-throat Polish pig competition in the German market...
...affiliated with the Export Department of J. P. Morgan & Co. His devices are small and portable. He sells them cheaply, will sell them more cheaply when he makes them in greater quantities. With one of his devices the speaker places the transmitter against any part of his head or throat; ensuing sounds are louder than if he spoke into the transmitter. A deaf person can put the receiver to any part of his skull or spine, and hear perfectly through his bones...
...duelists stand a sabre's length apart, stripped to the buff. At the side of each is a second. Doctors and corporation officials are present; fellow members sit about drinking beer and watching the "fun." About the middle of each duelist is fastened a protective pad, about each throat a thick scarf to prevent severance of the jugular vein. Over the eyes are placed wire mesh goggles; a steel snout protects the nose. The duelists' prime targets are one another's cheeks and forehead...