Left Room When Asked to Toast French Republic in Champagne
AMERICAN MAYOR’S GESTURE Received Wednesday, 9.50 p.m, PARIS, May. 27. The welcome dinner party to the American mayors touring Europe was the scene of a surprising incident when the Mayor of Los Angeles, who is a fierce prohibitionist, left the room when he found champagne served for the toast of the President of the Republic. He now declares that his gesture was not made against France, but agaimst his fellow mayors’ derogation of their national duty'by drinking intoxicants.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1931, Page 3
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