Word: birmingham
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Newman's reception was chilly, to say the least; the Pope sent him congratulations on recovering from a wretched heresy. For years he was looked upon with suspicion by his new superiors, his suggestions ignored, his plans thwarted. In 1848 he was put in charge of a mission in Birmingham...
...cost when he wrote him a condescending invitation to come to Rome and better himself. Said Newman: "I have received your letter, inviting me to preach next Lent in your church at Rome to 'an audience of Protestants more educated than could ever be the case in England.' However, Birmingham people have souls; and I have neither taste nor talent for the sort of work which you cut out for me. And I beg to decline your offer...
Headquarters for unionizing the South will be at Birmingham, Ala. In charge will be a committee of three: Paul Smith of United Mine Workers, Vice President Francis J. Gorman of United Textile Workers, Vice President William C. Birthright of Tennessee Federation of Labor. Under the committee now are 50 organizers; 50 more will be added next month...
...Because they knew that mild carbon monoxide poisoning simulates alcoholic intoxication two eminent Englishmen, John Scott Haldane, 69, honorary professor and director of Birmingham University Mining Research Laboratory, and Leonard Erskine Hill, 63, famed physiologist, recently saved a hapless Englishman from gaol. The fellow and two friends had drunk some beer before he took them for a ride in his closed motor car. The car bogged in a pool of water. Trying to pull out, he raced his motor for about 15 minutes, when he became drowsy. A constable came along to scold. He smelled the driver's sour...