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...year of discovery was 1848. The cry of "Gold!-gold on the American River!" roused the California towns. But it took months for the news to reach the Atlantic seaboard, spread to Europe and the remote Pacific. Then, 100 years ago this winter, the rush began...
Bishop Herrera only became a priest 8½ years ago. A graduate in law and philosophy of the University of Salamanca, he gave up his law practice in Madrid to devote full time to Catholic activities and was soon recognized as leader of the Catholic party in Spain. In 1935, just a few months before the Civil War began, Angel Herrera decided, at 48, to become a priest...
...probably start on the New York-Bermuda run; by fall, Trippe's $30 million fleet of 20 Stratocruisers will be deployed over Pan American's global route pattern, boosting the airline's carrying capacity a huge 40%. They will further shrink a world which aviation long ago, for better or worse, made small...
Died. Colonel George Edward Buxton, 68, who helped found the American Legion in Paris 30.years ago (along with Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Bennett Champ Clark and William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan); of a heart attack; in Providence, R.I. As a World War I battalion commander, Buxton persuaded Alvin C. York,* sometime conscientious objector, that a man could fight his country's enemies and still be a good Christian. In World War II, Textile Tycoon Buxton served as assistant director of the cloak & dagger O.S.S...
Frederic D. Houghteling '50 will testify against H 442 on behalf of the Student Council, which drew up a resolution opposing the bill at its regular meeting a week ago...