Word: birmingham
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present the working classes, as in Birmingham, are not solid for the Labor party. When Mr. MacDonald is voted out, he will probably ask the King for a dissolution and a new election. It is the contention of Mr. Asquith that by virtue of his prerogative, the King has a right to refuse this request, and instead call another prime minister--Mr. Asquith--into office. In view of the unique three-party situation in which Parliament finds itself, Mr. MacDonald has also intimated that the adoption of the Swiss principle of government might be a good thing...
...Birmingham's exclusive clubs?and all other kinds?will be as blue hereafter as city and State laws can make them. Commissioner of Safety W. C. Bloc issued an order today that Sunday golf, billiards and dominoes be stopped, beginning tomorrow...
Senator Underwood of Alabama told the Rotary Club of Birmingham that this is "a critical day for the world. ... I want to call your attention to the fact that this problem is not only a problem for Europe. It is a problem that is on the firing line of the Northwest today, and I pray to God it will not be on the firing line of the South tomorrow. ... I see black clouds blowing from the West...
...Author. John Drinkwater, ex-insurance clerk, poet, essayist, one of the founders of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, is probably best known to America as the author of Abraham Lincoln - a play which, in spite of a few minor Briticisms in the original version, remains one of the most faithful and interesting literary portrayals of the rail-splitter President. Mary Stuart and Oliver Cromwell are not as successful as Abraham Lincoln, but in his latest play, Robert E. Lee, Mr. Drinkwater has apparently again struck the bell of success. Robert E. Lee is now running in London and will probably...
...Birmingham--L. R. Jacobs '12, 2012 Third Avenue...