Word: cannoneer
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Many a religionist has been shrewd in obtaining and holding wealth for his church. Others have been canny in their personal affairs as well. Unfortunate was the bucket-shopping of Bishop James Cannon of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (TIME, May 26 et seq.) But remarkable were the financial coups of Brigham Young who took unto himself the great monopolies of the Desert, tolls on gates and roads, timber rights. The late Benjamin ("King") Purnell of the House of David, at Benton Harbor, Mich, across Lake Michigan from Zion City, took unto himself and his Queen Mary the rights...
...bomb is only one bomb. In a single night last week 13 bombs exploded in various quarters of the City of Havana. Nobody was killed. Most Cuban bombs are about as potent as cannon crackers-that of the faithless roof guard being an exception. Just to show how steady his nerves were, President Machado made public appearance on the Cuban Independence Day ("The Day of the Shout of Revolution'') last week, and inaugurated Cuba's brand new $18,000,000 Capitol Building...
...gods have always constituted themselves men apart. Their tribulations they insist are none of the worshippers' business. So this hearing was customarily secret and secretive. To preserve secrecy Bishop Cannon's inquisitors tried to hide their identities, went to the fantastic ruse of calling each other "Brother Smith" or "Brother Jones" when in the hearing of outsiders...
...three long days of prosecution he counterattacked the testimony presented against him. For two longer days, without offering witnesses in his behalf, not even the second Mrs. Cannon, major cause of the trial,? he rebutted and argued his own aggressive defense. Then he crutched his way out of the Church jury room and went back to Sibley Memorial Hospital...
...Eldest of Bishop Cannon's five sons. Another son, Richard M., is having legal troubles in California in connection with a military academy he promoted there. Bishop Cannon also has two daughters...