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...interests of economy the Italian Cabinet decided to abolish four courts of cassation, four courts of appeal, 57 tribunals, and 550 minor courts. ¶Premier Mussolini in a statement to the members of the Cabinet said that the revision of the estimates of the Ministries of Finance and the Interior had effected a saving of 512,000,000 lire. ¶The parliamentary committee of investigation of war contracts issued its second report. It was stated that many firms were paid for goods that were never delivered, that some bills were paid twice, that many companies never repaid capital loaned...
...American preacher remarked that "it would have been impossible to fight through the Civil War without the imprecatory Psalms." Now a large section of the church wishes to abolish such Psalms from their weekly worship. What Galileo said of the world might also be said of religion: "E pur si muove-it does move...
...remedy suggests itself for the indecent display of the inner man attendant upon playgoing. Even the suggestion of individual cubicles for spectators has its drawbacks. There is a certain satisfaction in getting together with your fellow men for a couple of hours of spiritual excitement, which segregation would abolish...
...spite of classical opposition, the full professors and the course of study committee at Yale have voted to abolish Latin and Greek as requirements for admission. The matter is for the Corporation to decide, however, and the loyal Latinists have not given up hope...
WISCONSIN: The senate by a vote of 26 to 4 defeated a Socialist bill to abolish the Wisconsin National Guard. Two weeks ago the lower house passed a similar bill by an overwhelming vote...