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...there is a hidden (to me) value here, it occurs to me that you are overlooking many possibilities; that this custom of yours could be broadened and diversified. As you know, undoubtedly, the President-elect is afflicted with infantile paralysis. Why not refer to him as, for instance, "The paralytic Mr. Roosevelt." And look what an opportunity you overlooked before Mr. Edison passed on. He was almost totally deaf. And, still living, is the famous deaf, dumb, and blind woman. I imagine that thousands of people that are material for your literary efforts suffer from halitosis, constipation, athlete...
...ancient custom the pope lists his joys & sorrows of the year. Joys for Pius XI were: the spread of missions; Catholic Action; the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (TIME, June 20); the completion of the new Vatican art gallery; increasingly friendly relations with the Italian government: felicitations on his 75th birthday last May; the agreement between Bolivia and Paraguay to cease fighting for 24 hours at Christmas...
...twelve rubles per kilogram of silver. This would make the ruble worth 65?, whereas its official value is supposed to be 51? and it actually sells on clandestine exchanges for from 3? to 20? per ruble. Only place where Moscow citizens may buy foreign goods with rubles is the Custom House. There unclaimed articles, articles seized at frontier stations are auctioned off. Last week United Press Correspondent Eugene Lyons reported a few prices...
...Speakership. That is how John Nance Garner, now Vice President-elect, reached the rostrum and. before him, the late Nicholas Longworth.* This tradition prompted Representative Rainey to declare last month: "I think I'm in line for the Speakership. My chances are excellent." Ingredients- Aside from House custom the main ingredients of the Rainey candidacy are : 1) a rallying point for Northern Democrats tired of seeing all the party plums go to the South; 2) a liberal outlook to match that of the new President; 3) a rural
Just a generation ago, when the Union was experiencing the first year of its existence, Professor Copeland inaugurated the custom of giving a reading appropriate to the spirit of Christmas, or perhaps only to the anticipation of vacation. He has continued giving this reading every year, and tonight he continues this tradition at 7.30 o'clock in the Upstairs Common Room. Leighton will introduce the entertainer of honor, and then, upon a platform which has been erected under his own supervision, Professor Copeland will read. The 1936 Union Committee, which includes Braman Gibbs, chairman, S. R. Callaway, Davies Gratwick, Shaun...