Word: celling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Franciscan zeal waned; in 1835 there were but 150 Indian converts at Carmel. Uncared for, the San Carlos Mission fell prey to wind and rain, which destroyed its tiled roof, and to weeds which engulfed Fray Junipero's cell and his grave. Not until 1882 was restoration begun on the mission. Not until last week, which brought the 153rd anniversary of the good Franciscan's death, was the restoration of his simple cell completed. By then, the Franciscans now in charge of the Carmel Mission, and their superior, Bishop Philip George Scher of the Monterey-Fresno diocese...
...life, argued his sanctity. A wreath was laid on his refurbished grave by Excelentisima Maria Antonia Field, descendant of California grandees who was given her title in 1931 by King Alfonso XIII for her work in preserving Spanish California's historical buildings and records. Fray Junipero's cell, restored to look as it did when he prayed, read his missal and scourged himself with a chain therein, was dedicated as a shrine. A handful of Indians, descendants of those whom, Fray Junipero confirmed, were present. And there was a fiesta for the hundreds of Spanish-American Catholics...
...safe came the sacrosanct loose-leaf relic. Mr. Stringfellow flipped through the finger-marked pages, read an 11-year-old question: "If there is any nickel in iron, does it adversely affect the life of the cell...
...reinforced concrete wall. One will house prison work shops, and probably a factory where inmates will make soap for 54 other State institutions. Another will contain recreation facilities and latrines. Centre circle-672 ft. across-will contain a hospital, an auditorium and six separate cell blocks, with accommodations for 592 prisoners, each in a private cell. The cells will be so arranged that any inmate who chisels his way out will find himself in either the next cell or a corridor. Between each prisoner and freedom will be a dozen locks, electrically controlled from a tower on the wall...
...weeks ago rumors began to spread: Poum's Nin had escaped from jail, he was planning even bloodier uprisings, the conservative Negrin Cabinet was in danger. Paris last week had a different story. Government gangsters had kidnapped Poum's Nin from his cell, shot him and dumped him in a roadside ditch, just as year ago other gangsters (in police uniforms) murdered Fascist Deputy José Calvo Sotelo and unwittingly pulled the trigger for the entire war (TIME, July...