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  2. An atomic cocktail eased heart pain

    This week newspapers christened America's latest medicinal drink for heart sufferers "the atomic cocktail." With dignity, one of the ...

    Article : 395 words
  3. Not a drop was spilt

    For the Grand Prix des Garcons de Cafe, 107 waiters lined up to race two miles from the ...

    Article : 215 words
  4. World Leadership

    HISTORY'S MARATHON ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 10 words
  5. A girl wife was lazy

    Russian girl-wife Diamara Levin, 20, was no good with needle and thread. She preferred dancing to ...

    Article : 123 words
  6. Said Cripps: 'You mean a hundred thousand tanners'

    One of the best comments of the week on Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps' surtax raid on the motor companies' bonuses to executives Sir John Black and Leonard P. Lord was made in ...

    Article : 394 words
  7. The high cost of reform

    It costs more to keep a girl at Shermanbury Grange School, a reformatory on the Sussex Downs, than at ...

    Article : 122 words
  8. The mule was justice

    Dodging a mangy old mule on a Texan road, farmer W. C. Alexander damaged his car and injured his wife. ...

    Article : 220 words
  9. Her price was forever higher

    Book people are buzzing about an American publishing company's payment to an author of an advance of ...

    Article : 98 words
  10. Best jobs for divorcees

    Big stores in Johannesburg, South Africa, advertised jobs for divorced women. ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. A queen had to be single

    Married women are barred from the Molesey, Surrey, carnival "Queen" contest. Said carnival chairman ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  12. The kiss cost him £550

    An American colonel bid £550 for the right to kiss film star Elaine Shepard at a charity ball in Istanbul, ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. The world's tallest lawyer

    For 13 years, Clifford Marshall Thompson, 8ft 7in tall, earned his living with travelling circuses, billed as the tallest man in the world. This week, in Salem, Oregon, Thompson, 45, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 172 words
  14. He was among those present

    Democrat Senator Millard. Tydings explained why he did not take sides on a two-way bill to increase cotton ...

    Article : 92 words
  15. They covered a goddess' bosom

    The half-naked goddess Europa on the new West German five-mark note is being given a pencilled ...

    Article : 82 words
  16. A case of less tea, more work

    The Chamber of Commerce at Reading, Berkshire, passed a resolution recommending the Food ...

    Article : 41 words
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