Word: australians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Another eminent subject of King George to whom the behavior of Great Britons appeared fantastic last week was the League's Australian-born Saar Commissioner, Mr. Geoffrey Knox. When he asked last March for what he suddenly got last week, namely a League Army to police the Saar, everyone in Geneva sat on him, none harder than Sir John Simon...
...Stella Australis could float for 48 hours in a calm sea. But the Pacific became rough and after 48 hours no trace of the Ulm plane had been found by 34 Army & Navy planes, 18 U. S. submarines, three minelayers, countless small craft. To spur the search, the Australian Government offered a $5,000 reward...
...honor was Patrick John O'Dea, Wisconsin captain in 1898 and 1899, often considered the greatest kicker the game ever developed. Most prodigious feat: in the 1898 game against Northwestern, played in a raging blizzard, he sent a drop-kick between goalposts 62 yd. away. Originally an Australian rugby player, O'Dea disappeared in 1919, was supposed to have joined Australian troops, been killed in action in France. Two months ago in California he revealed his identity to newshawks, explained his assumption of another name by the fact that he wanted to get away from being "just...
...HEIFER-F.D. Davison-Coward-McCann ($2). Tale of wild cattle in the Australian bush, its heroine a red heifer. Originally published at the author's expense, it was awarded a gold medal by the Australian Literature Society for the best novel...
...Most unwelcome guests of the week to His Majesty were four delegates from Western Australia who made for Buckingham Palace carrying enormous scrolls. Their obstreperous State had decided by referendum to secede from the Australian Commonwealth and seek self-governing status under the Crown (TIME. April 17, 1933). The scrolls, crammed with the signatures of Western Australians who demand this change, will be referred by the King-Emperor to his Lords and Commons when they reconvene this week...