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...good part of his time discussing Poland in particular as he attacked the economic problems in U.S.-Russian relations. Claiming that Europe in general doesn't appreciate the United States, he singled out Poland as a bright spot on the western European scene--a nation not yet completely dom...
Died. The Rev. Dom John Hugh Diman, O.S.B., 85, founder and longtime headmaster of Rhode Island's famed St. George's (Episcopal) School and of Portsmouth Priory (Roman Catholic) School; after a heart attack; in Portsmouth, R.I. A onetime Episcopal clergyman, Father Diman joined the Catholic church at 54, entered a Benedictine abbey in Scotland, returned to the U.S. to found (in 1926) the School of St. Gregory the Great (Portsmouth Priory...
...exotic marriage seemed to be in store for Prince Dom Joáo de Orleans e Braganca, 32, great-grandson of Brazil's last emperor, but gossip columnists could not agree on the bride. One said it would be beautiful Princess Fatima Toussoun of Egypt. Another report said that the hard-working prince, a Brazilian airline employee, would wed beautiful Fawzia, newly divorced by the Shah of Persia (TIME, Nov. 29). Neither the prince nor the lovely ladies could be found by inquiring reporters...
...Faithful Persevere. A few years later, a Benedictine monk named Luigi Vaccari organized a popular movement, still continuing, to bring pressure on the Pope. Dom Luigi persuaded a layman to travel the world collecting signatures to a petition. Some 25,000 signatures came from Mexico alone. The Holy Office forbade Vaccari to continue his activities, but the "humble faithful persevered in prayer," and so many petitions were flooding in upon the Vatican that finally Pius XI gave the movement his official blessing. In 1946, the present Pope sent a circular letter to all the bishops of his Church...
...purpose of Harkness' gift to Harvard seems to have been to spur Yale officials into seeing his point of view. He tacitly threatened them that he would continue to finance Harvard projects if they wouldn't accept his gift of the colleges. Apparently Yale official-dom saw the light, for Angell was soon expounding the college plan to alumni meetings. Shortly thereafter he announced the acceptance of Harkness' gift...