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...abristle, Scholar Raugel hauled out his proofs. Composer Moulinié, he declared, had never written a mass, much less one for a French king. Moulinié was court composer to Gaston-Jean-Baptiste d'Orléans, Louis XIll's brother and enemy, and was persona non grata at Louis' court. Moreover, trumpets were not used as musical instruments until the 18th century, and Vivat Rex was never sung at the end of a mass; it was shouted three times before the mass began. Raugel had suspected Father Martin's "discovery," but had not been stirred...
Seduction? At this point, Premier de Gasped hit the ceiling. "Not only Mr. Dayton but ECA is persona non grata," he cried. Italy's Minister of the Treasury Giuseppe Pella. a former economics professor, stood indignantly on the seemingly solid ground of fiscal rectitude, creating the unusual impression that the U.S. was trying to seduce a thrifty government into leading a dissolute economic life...
...specific naming of the Communist party as persona non grata at the University of California was a change in the oath, but actually nothing new so far as the university was concerned. As far back as October 11, 1940 the Board of Regents had passed a resolution excluding members of the Communist Party from employment by the university...
...flatly denied the charges. Next day, by "pure coincidence," Washington declared John G. Florian, first secretary of the Hungarian embassy, persona non grata in Washington. Hungary, in retaliation, requested the recall of able U.S. Minister Selden Chapin, whom the Reds had accused of complicity with Mindszenty...
Nervous Rash. Chile last week declared Zervino persona non grata. The Chilean press, handling the case with kid gloves, printed the court's findings without comment. The Argentine press broke out in a nervous rash of abuse...