New Yorker in Paris Encounters Market Schemes and Cab Fare Fables
A New York writer recounts scams near Paris landmarks on a Derby day and inRue de Rivoli. He notes persistent American identity cues, Paris cab fare abuses, and a dramatic tale of Doris Le Doris’s 2000 franc hijack in Montmartre, plus social whirl with Churchill, Wilhelmina, and Thorez.
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Paris
Churchill Downs
New York
Manhattan
Rue de Rivoli
Boulevard Haussmann
Place Pigalle
Soker
Doris
Montmartre
Bois de Boulogne
Central Park
France
California
Dons
Queen Wilhelmina
Holland
Winston Churchill
Monte Carlo
Maurice Thorez
Stalin
Seine
Wilhelmina Crowned Queen After Fifty Year Reign
In 1898 ten year old Wilhelmina ascended the Dutch throne after her mother served as Regent. The future queen recalled the line of people she governed and told her mother they belong to her, shaping her popularity as a monarch. A Chicago street scene contrasts wartime paper fears with everyday folk.
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Jen Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Sun
Chicago
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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AX & Fry
Valu Apparel Shop
Cities Service Station
Qld Fashioned
Happys Food Store
Penney
J. C. Penney CO
Rhodenbeck Bros
Brach’s Chocolates
GEM
Greene County
Oldsmobile
Switz City
Switz City, Ind
Gibson
Tyler
Monarch Finer Foods
St. N. E
Linton Hardware
Engle & Pirtle
Gamble's
Dick Stayton
Correll
E. Vincennes St
Lilly
Dress Institute
My von Gheig
Mel Heimer
Linton
Hotel Sherman
Hotel Sherman Garage
Ean Na
Jones
Pape
Otis “Toad
HALE
Philco Refrigerators
Philco Deep Freezers
NEW Home Furnishing CO
Bell-ans
Kroger
ELSON
Jewelers
Lester Packing CO
Kennedy's
N. Main
Home Loan & Finance CO
Ziegler
General Electric
Baxley Appliance CO
Howard Lang
Rocky Villasenor
Raymond J. O’brien
Cook County
Kenneth Sain
Lang
Lonnie Fellick
Rocky
William Gervais
International
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
George Wiegner
Ind
Coulomb
Lsl
Hixson & Sahm
Guy
St. N. E. Hone
NEW Union Lumber CO
Woolley’s
K. K
Roosevelt Hotel
KLINK
Hannum Motor Sales
Hudson
Vincennes Street
Sporting Goods
Clayton-Reeves
Complete Insurance Service
Boston
Hixson Furniture Store
McPhail’s Shoe Store
WARD
Divine Auto Parts
E. J. Ecker & Son
R. W. Cadwell Music House
Sullivan
Indiana
Kenney’s Market
Terre Haute
Leonards Grille
Massey -Harris
Lyons Equipment CO
Lyons, Ind
Stoops Bros. Roofing and Siding CO
T. L. Barrowman Dugger
Linton Milk CO
Walter Wolfe
Renni Wolfe
South Side
Liouor Store
South Main Street
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