Chapter 28
Contents
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Haver
Hungarian: Pal.
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Gesichtsröhre
German: literally 'face tube'.
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John Lobbs
High end bootmaker in London.
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Russ Columbo
American singer and actor who recorded highly popular records in the crooning style.
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Karlovy Vary
A spa town in the Czechoslovakia, also known as Karlsbad.
Steinach
Refers to a surgical procedure developed by Eugen Steinach involving tying off the vas deferens of one testicle supposedly to increase androgen production. It was surprising popular at the time.
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Ekrexophilia
Erotic interest in explosions? From Greek ékrixi + philia. A neologism?
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Wallace Beery
American film actor who was very popular at the time.
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Concorso d'Eleganza
An annual car show held at Villa d'Este in Italy beginning in 1929. Prizes were awarded for beauty and elegance.
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shonrim
Hebrew: guards. Refers to a Jewish neighborhood watch patrol.
Purple Gang
A Detroit criminal mob involved in bootlegging, whose members were primarily Jewish.
