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Fortnight ago, for the first time in the history of British heraldry, a newspaper company, having served King and Country well, was granted a coat of arms. Hereafter the august London Times may bear the crest authorized by the Crown in its masthead, on "seals, shields, or otherwise according to the laws of arms...
...west ridge of the mountain. From this point the summit of Mount Edith Cavell, 11,033 feet above sea level, was reached the next morning. It was the second ascent of the 1929 season and made in record time, less than four hours from the shelter camp to the crest. Although the weather was extremely unfavorable and the mountaineers were caught in a howling blizzard before they reached the mountain top, the only casualties were the loss of two hats which disappeared during the gale...
...with bullets from C. G. 290. Coast Guard claim: a siren first warned the Black Duck to stop; she tried to escape; a one-pound shot failed to halt her; machine gun fire was a last resort; the Black Duck either veered her course or rose on a wave crest to catch the full volley of lead...
...effeminate, pretty sort of thing that expresses nothing and gives those who are in the know an intellectual kick. The audience bore with them, however, and was amply rewarded by some of the most thrilling works of art that it had ever seen. Kreutzberg and Georgi were on the crest of the wave from the moment he did his masterly "Revolte". And they stayed there for the rest of the program, rising to their greatest heights in a Debussy interpretation, "Romantic Scene", "Three Mad Figures", "Persian Song" and "Russian Dance...
...eager was President Hoover to push ahead with Farm Relief, to catch this year's harvest at the crest, that last week, before its membership was completed, he ordered his new Farm Board to assemble in Washington for its initial meeting July 15. Five men had accepted service on this nine-man board: Alexander H. Legge, Chairman; James Clifton Stone, Vice-Chairman; Carl Williams, C. B. Denman, Charles C. Teague. Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, the sixth member ex officio, was despatched by the President to the Mid-West, there to search out likely candidates for the other three places...