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January 15, 1927

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Beautiful But Not Dumb

Helena Huntington Smith

Adolphe Menjoy, movie actor. Played with Charlie Chaplin in 1923 in "A Woman of Paris." Son of French restaurant keeper in Cleveland. Mentions Lubitsch, …

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a reporter at large

SKULL AND BONES

REPORTER AT LARGE about government poisoning alcohol which goes into bootleg liquor. Wayne B. Wheeler right when he says poison booze issue mostly bunk. …

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