People: Oct. 11, 1926

Had they been interviewed, some people who figured in last week's news might have related certain of their doings as follows:

Aristide Briand, Foreign Minister of France: "Rustic neighbors of my country estate at Cocherel saw my summer crop of wheat and oats burst mysteriously into flame one midnight last week. Summoned in haste the local fire department was unable to extinguish the blaze until several barns and outbuildings had flamed upward to the tune of 200,000 francs. I, who have been ten times Premier of France, said not long ago: 'I do not...

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