RUSSIA: Frivolous Alexandra

For many months Moscow citizens and U. S. visitors have learned to look sharp when street car No. 56 swung around a curve. At the throttle of No. 56 was buxom Motorwoman Alexandra Semeena, and Alexandra was a caution. Disdaining brakes, she made elderly Reds leap for their lives as she clanged through the streets. Heaven help the pushcart that, dawdled in her path. Last week, a month after the event, Moscow papers reported the end of street car No. 56.

Motorwoman Alexandra had permitted a personable young man to ride the quarterdeck...

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