Word: edmunds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Rev. Geoffrey Anketell ("Wood-bine Willie") Studdert-Kennedy, 46, of London, famed & beloved Wartime chaplain, champion of workingmen, author (Food for the Fed-Up, The Warrior, The Woman and the Christ), rector of St. Edmund's, London; of influenza; in Liverpool. "Woodbine Willie" personally gave away 8,750,000 Woodbine cigarets to soldiers. As one of 15 Court Chaplains he preached to King George V at Buckingham Palace. He slept there, and under hedges with tramps. Visiting the U. S. often, he delivered his tirades against social conditions. The most famed "Woodbine Willie" stories tells of his interruption...
Died. Admiral the Honorable Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle, 92, of London, "Father of the British Navy"; in London. Admiral Fremantle was the only surviving flag officer born in the reign of William IV. He entered the Royal Navy in 1849, serving on the three-decker Queen. His grandfather, Thomas Fremantle, captained the Neptune at Trafalgar (1805) under Lord Nelson. His son, Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle, retired last year. Admiral Sir Edmund's snowy whiskers often festooned a royal carriage at the opening of Parliament. On his gist birthday he criticized the wary tactics of Admiral Jellicoe at Jutland...
Removed-Eric von Stroheim as director of Queen Kelly, starring Gloria Swanson. He was paid $75,000 for the story and his direction of it so far. Director Edmund Goulding took his place...
William Barry Wood '32, of Milton, was elected president of the Freshman Class, it was announced last night by R. P. Post '32, head of the committee in charge of the election. Edmund Austin Mays '32, of Montclair, New Jersey, was elected vice-president, and the position of secretary-treasurer went to Norwood Penrose Hallowell Jr., of Readville...
...result of the election is as follows: For President William Barry Wood 365 Charles Crehore Cunningham 142 Wilson Hill Crosby 119 For Vice-President Edmund Austin Mays Jr. 207 Charles Dana Draper Jr. 106 Richard Norman Clark Jr. 86 Ernest Carleton Nickerson 54 Francis Pitman Bicknell 51 Joseph Rawson Collins 50 Everett Augustus Grant 39 Walter Archer Beyer 20 For Secretary-Treasurer Norwood Penrose Hallowell Jr. 260 Crispin Cooke 133 James Barr Ames 123 Mark Woodbury...