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...window to Joan of Arc in the Ethical Church of London contains a three-quarter length portrait of George B. Shaw and the late Anatole France. Questioned as to why he was in the picture, the author of the play Saint Joan replied with characteristic pretentious affectation: "You had better go and ask Anatole France...
About noon, the N25 took the air again, bearing all six adventurers. A guard of honor of five planes flew with it up the bay to Oslo, circling away as the N25 described a triumphant arc and settled to the water offthe "honor pier." A navy cutter came alongside, battleships and Fort Akershus boomed salute, the populace of Oslo yelled and waved a welcome. Director Thormessen of the Norwegian Aero Club rushed forward, embraced each of the six fervently. There were speeches in a pavilion decked as for a returning Caesar with streaming flags and two gilt, victory-winged pylons...
...flurry from Shade. Slattery was obviously taking his time to get the range. In the third round, Shade crouched lower. He came out of his corner almost on his belly. From this position he started a blow which began in the resin of the floor, described a long overhand arc, terminated on the jaw of James Slattery. Down he went, his faun smile gone, struggled up again, went down again, struggled up again, dropped again. Out of his corner flew a great white towel...
...These arc the plays which, in the light of metropolitan criticism, seems most important...
...Little Entente (CzechoSlovakia, Rumania, Yugo-Slavia) contends that Hungary, like Germany, has not lived up to her treaty obligations concerning disarmament. Hungary, unlike Germany, is a small country, with about one-eighth of the latter's population. Hungarians, claiming that they arc disarmed within the provisions of the Treaty of Trianon, declared that the Allied Military Control Commission in Hungary, coupled with strict financial control, is sufficient guarantee to the Little Entente Powers that Hungary cannot arm and is not armed...