Word: commandants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...once served as an altar boy) were closed against the funeral, "services" were held in an undertaker's small chapel. No priest officiated, so one Louis Altiere, lieutenant of O'Bannion, functioned as master of ceremonies. To a stringed orchestra of jazz musicians he whispered the command: "Now play!" Hymn after hymn was played. There was no other service. Mr. O'Bannion is credited by the police with having directed 25 of Chicago's most distinguished murders- by his friends with innumerable secret charities, kindnesses. Said an old woman: "He put my boy on the right...
...start Macauley Smith of Yale took the lead, closely followed by Tibbetts. The entire Princeton squad followed these two for the first half mile, but gradually, with the exception of Gallagher, fell into the ruck. At the mile-and-a-half mark six of the University, apparently in command of the situation, were grouped a hundred yards behind Tibbetts and the fleeting Smith. From that point Briggs, Captain Tracy of Yale, and Gallagher of Princeton pulled ahead and widened their advantage with each succeeding mile...
When the Shenandoah broke loose some months ago from its mooring mast at Lakehurst, N. J, and avoided destruction by supreme skill, cautious Mr. Coolidge vetoed all plans for a Polar flight. Now that the U. S. has two large dirigibles in its possession, and such perfect command of both ships has been demonstrated again and again, there is revived talk of the expedition. General Mason M. Patrick in fact wants the ZR3 transferred to the Army, and a race between ZR3 and Shenandoah "to either the North or the South Pole." There would be sufficient thrill to a polar...
...expected to be captured by them. Centrists and People's Party, it was said, would probably hold their seats. Summed up, it appears that the Reichstag situation is not likely to be materially altered ? that is, neither the Socialist, Government nor Monarchist blocs will be able to command a majority...
...easy to conduct the American campaign from the London headquarters. In 1896, Bramwell Booth's brother, Ballington, and his sister-in-law, Maud Ballington Booth, held sway on this Continent. They seceded, forming the Volunteers of America. Most of the Army officers, however, remained loyal to the London Commander-in-Chief, who promptly appointed his sister Evangeline to the difficult American command. Now Evangeline is a very great woman. She began her career by peddling copies of the War Cry and has done all the unpleasant jobs associated with slumming. She has even impersonated beggars and other wretches that...