Out East of Suez Notes From a War Correspondent
A correspondent abroad laments lack of reliable home news and describes daily life in Far East posts. He notes confusion from language barriers, wartime reporting biases, and the mix of foreign clubs, consuls, and oil company presence in Harbin, Manchuria, with comments on Japanese actions, Russo Japanese War memories, and rail travel conditions. He mentions Hotel life, local newspapers, and the multinational foreign community adjusting to martial law and ongoing conflict.
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Suez
Notre Dame
Fiat
Congress
Tatiana
Manila
Bruda
GMI
Mokden
Chinchow
Peking
Manchuria
Hove
Darien
Mubden
Aferbin
Standard Oil Fa
Texas Co
Ford's
General Motors
Harbin
Tensol
China
Fta
All in Knowing How to Tickle a Judge
A humorous chaotic courtroom scene unfolds with a dignified judge, a tiny dog, and a bickering party. The bailiff and a parliament president murmur as reading the summonses and misheard phrases spark a comic dustup. The judge dismisses the case amid lighthearted banter and a showlike atmosphere.
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Elim
Wolfc
Joker Mann
Thasa Juuges
Wotta Mann Feathers and Fences In Texas Ring
Wotta Mann is spotlighted after Deplorable Dodson’s wild bout in Legion Texas ends with Mann receiving a feather without a tar in a comic Texas court scene. The column blends boxing bravado with judge antics and local humor about crime, love and everyday mishaps in 1932 era pieced together prose.
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Arthur
Bugs
Baer
Wotta Mann
Dodson
Mutter and Mumble by John P. Medbury in Hollywood Buzz
Colleague letters reveal wild Hollywood anecdotes about Larry, Lew Cody, and party nights. Gossip covers fashions, divorces, barbs at the Plaza, lounge life, and various city oddities with playful jabs at actors and socialites.
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