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At Bullecourt during the Great War an explosive shell ripped out part of his right thigh; a remarkable operation of bone grafting proved effective; after five months he left the hospital. Official dispatches cited him as an officer with "vim ... initiative ... intimate knowledge ... smart demeanor." He was twice awarded the...
It was a sharp fight, too. Dan Moody, young Governor of Texas, sat with Bishop James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Beside them were two Wilson Cabinet men, Josephus Daniels and Carter Glass. Opposing, sat truculent young Senator Tydings of Maryland, arch Senator Edwards of New Jersey, solid...
Another woman, Dame Clara Butt, 55, onetime famed contralto, had written Pen Man Shaw, asking him to do a preface for her forthcoming biography. Replied he: ''Good gracious! I'd never dare! You're a much bigger person than I. I should look like a ridiculous...
*Since November. The Texas, commissioned in 1914 and modernized last winter, has been U. S. flagship since July. Like all ships, the Texas has her own history, at least one episode in which has never been officially published. One night during the War (so the sailors' story goes) the Texas...
Premier Baldwin and his Cabiinet represented the Government's phalanx against former Premier Macdonald and J. H. Thomas (Labor) and Lloyd George (Liberal). Mr. George heckled the Government at every turn, but ap peared to have become a relatively impotent political busybody.