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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Officially," declared the Apostolic Delegate to Commonweal, "only 300 priests are permitted in all Mexico, to serve 15,000,000 people, of whom nearly 90% were born into the Catholic faith; 300 priests, as compared with 360 generals in the army...
...black swastika of Germany. Only important Jewish shipping man left in Hitler's Reich, he enjoys government protection chiefly because of his distinguished War record, which included an important artillery command on the Western Front and the Iron Cross, first class. Soon after the War this Saxon-born son of a well-to-do shipping broker decided to go into business for himself. Backed by friends' money, he bought a dozen British freighters grown rusty in the Australia trade, reconditioned them as automobile transports. He installed high-speed elevators in his ships, similarly equipped his docks at Antwerp...
...motorcycle officers dropped out at 85. Auburn and bicyclist shot over the finish line at 90 m. p. h., were doing 100 m. p. h. before they slowed down. An A. A. A. official took pencil & paper, certified that Frank Bartell, 33, Czech-born six-day racer, had covered a measured mile at 80.5 m. p. h. Pleased at beating the world's record of 76 m. p. h. set by Canada's big, red-headed William ("Torchy") Peden, Czech Bartell waggled his Vandyke, swore he would make 100 the next time...
Dissatisfied with the calibre of his basketball team, Coach Wesley Fesler has taken desperate measures and is now engaged in raising his own quintet. To him and to Mrs. Fesler was born a 7 1/2-pound guard Wednesday morning, and practice in pivoting and blocking is already under way at the Baker Memorial Hospital...
...Smith was born, in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1870, and prepared for Harvard at Phillips Academy, Exeter. Following his graduation from the Law School in 1895, he served for two years as secretary to the late Justice Horace Gray of the United States Supreme Court...