Word: chamberlain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Winston Spencer Churchill, "Winnie," is a masterless man in English politics. Once he was Conservative, but he became a Liberal 20 years ago because of Chamberlain's free trade program; he was a Liberal until this year, when he decided to run for Parliament on a Conservative platform. He wanted to stand in the Abbey Division of Westminster. The Conservative caucus said: "First you must let us be your master; consent to that and you must run for office only when and where we choose." "Winnie," who had just been defeated in the December election on a Liberal ticket, said...
...March 10), created a precedent when he was introduced into the House by his two sons, William and Arthur, both of whom are members. He was loudly cheered when he took the oath and shook hands with the Speaker. The nearest precedent to this was the introduction of Austin Chamberlain 30 years ago by his father and uncle...
...week there was a resolution pending in the Senate to investigate Mr. Daugherty's conduct of the Veterans' Bureau (TIME, Mar. 3). Mr. Daugherty had specifically invited an investigation. While still in Chicago, anticipating that an investigation would be authorized, Mr. Daugherty appointed ex-Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon and Paul Rowland of Cleveland to defend him. Said...
...CURE OF SOULS?May Sinclair?Macmillan ($2.50). The Reverend Canon Clement Purcell Chamberlain cared really for nothing but the easy comfort of his body and the comfortable ease of his soul. He shrank before the physical vigorousness of Cartwright, his junior curate, who was always suggesting something to do, such as founding a Men's Club or starting a Sunday afternoon service for men alone. He shrank from Jackman also, who came to him with the tortures of his soul. Finally he found a way out. He rid himself of an unpleasant sister by inviting her down when Queningford...
...Diet. At one point a young man broke through the police cordon, ran a few steps after the Crown Prince's automobile, and, raising a "cane-gun,"* fired at the Prince. The bullet shattered the glass in the machine but did not harm Hirohito. Viscount Tamemori Irlye, Chamberlain to the Prince Regent, was wounded slightly by the falling glass...