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...Prize-Giver Waterler died July 22. 1927. The Royal Government took its time, finally placed determination of the award in the hands of the Carnegie Endowment which also took its time. But last week the first Waterler Peace Prize ($10.000) finally got itself awarded...
...contraceptives or by abstinence. On this subject, apart from the Catholic viewpoint, Christian opinion is not united. The "Scriptures and the ecumenical councils of the Christian Church are silent." Even the medical profession is not unanimous. "Guidance should be sought from the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life," said the Federal Councillors. But, "whatever the final conclusion may be," the Councillors were "strongly of the opinion that the Church should not seek to impose its point of view as to the use of contraceptives upon the public by legislation or any other form of coercion; and especially should...
...most states an adulterous wife is more punishable than the man (supposing him single) who committed the offense with her because she has betrayed a marital trust. A bribe-taking public official is likewise more punishable, because he has betrayed a public trust, than the bribe-giver, who is under no specific oath of honesty. The net result of last week's trial was to make the $100,000 Doheny gave Fall a legitimate loan, but the $100,000 Fall took from Doheny a corrupt bribe...
Conservative attacks on the bill were led by famed Winston ("Winnie") Churchill, whilom Chancellor of the Exchequer, who enjoyed a piece of Scot MacDonald's birthday cake in New York last fall (TIME, Oct. 21). Last week Cake-giver MacDonald lashed out at Cake-eater Churchill: "You are making politics of this [coal bill] and nothing else. All your wit and polished phrases are for the sole purpose of forcing us to go to the country for another election. If you do we will beat...
...Into the vast parched plain known as the Golodnaya Steppes or "Hungry Desert" two mighty rivers will be diverted. One, the Amudaria, is famed as the longest stream in Asiatic Russia (1,500 mi.). Superstitious peasants call it "The Strewer of Life." The other river is the Sirdaria, "The Giver of Gold." Together they will supply 10,000 cubic feet of water per second for one of the vastest irrigation projects of modern times. Once watered, the "Hungry Desert" will present ideal conditions for growing cotton, should double the present output of Turkestan. Last week Mr. Davis told Moscow correspondents...