Alf Landon Barred
From Met. Club
NEW YORK, (/P)—Former gov
ernor Alf M. Landon of Kansas,
Reoublican Presidential candidate
in !93B, was barred from the Met
ropolitan Opera Club Monday
night because he was no* in for
mal attire.
Landon, who was the ^uest of
George A. Sloan, president of the
Metropolitan club and chairman of j
«ts board of directors, said he *‘en-;
joyed the opera hugely and all;
the.4 went with it.” After the first!
act they went to the club, adjoin- !
ing the auditorium.
Landon said: UI said to George,
‘don’t worry about me, for I've
been barred before from other
places because I wasn’t wearing
tails’.”
Report More Dead
In Ship Collision
NEW YORK, The toll ot dead in
the collision of two tankers Mon
day off Curacao, Dutch West In
dies, rose to eight yesterday with
12 persons still reported missing.
A message from Puerto Rico
coast guard headquarters to New
York said that eight bodies had
been brought ashore and that 50
persons had been rescued.
I POSTOFFICE WILL CLOSE
AT NOON DECEMBER 24
The U. S. postmaster David Ma
zen has announced that the post
office will be closed at noon on
Christmas Eve, December 24.
He requests that Christmas
cards and letters be in early to in
sure getting out in time.
Nick says: The nugget will
adorn the show case of the Glue
Pot. Monty will have to go some.
I'll bid 'em high.
Toyland!!
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CHERBOURG. France, (^») * —
| The U. S. Liberty ship Button
Gwinnett, carrying 9,000 tons of
U. S. coal, has run aground en
route to Cherbourg. French tugs
put out from Cherbourg and Le
Harve today to take the ship in tow
if she can be refloated.
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