Miscellany, May 22, 1933

Rumba

In Manhattan, a Mrs. Frances E. Spence filed suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. for $50,000 for damaging her reputation, sought an injunction against further showing of the film, Cuba, the Land of the Rumba, because one shot reveals her at the bar of "Sloppy Joe's," Havana saloon, seemingly unescorted and queasy with booze.

Leader

In Brooklyn, Edward E. Stone, 33, one-time Negro Republican leader of Brooklyn, was found guilty of polygamy. He had married six girls in three years, was about to marry a seventh.

Fright

In High Point, N. C., Griffith Welch, 15, gave...

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