Word: heartly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that at that lengthy service Archbishop Temple's hands trembled so that he nearly dropped St. Edward's crown, finally clapped it on King Edward's head hindside foremost. Cosmo Gordon Lang did not tremble, his voice did not falter once. From the depths of his heart he was able to give the Coronation Benediction, the noblest words in the entire service...
...reached home before operators in the telephone exchanges began plugging in wake-up calls to subscribers. Ordinarily there are about 800 such calls in London, this morning there were 10,000. It was barely light and still drizzling when the long streams of humanity began flowing in toward the heart of the spectacle, on foot, in motors, on the subways...
...with a very full heart I speak to you tonight. Never before has a newly crowned King been able to talk to all his peoples in their own homes on the day of his Coronation. . . . The Queen and I wish health and happiness to you all, and we do not forget at this time of celebration those who are living under the shadow of sickness. ... I cannot find words with which to thank you for your love and loyalty to the Queen and myself. ... I will only say this: that if in the coming years I can show my gratitude...
Died. Percy Lee ("Don't Call Me Percy") Gassaway, 51, Oklahoma's romping onetime (1935-36) "Cowboy Congressman"; of heart disease; in Coalgate, Okla. Celebrated for his ten-gallon hat, shoestring tie and wing collar, "Ol' Gass" declared that every judge should have at least five years experience at poker before taking office, boosted the Association for the Prevention of Taking Off Hats in Elevators...
Died. Philip Snowden, Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw, 72, famed longtime British Laborite; of a heart attack; in Tilford, Surrey, England. Son of a poor Yorkshire weaver, he passed the civil service examinations at 22 and was sent as a customs official to the Orkney Islands, where a bicycle accident crippled him for life. He went into politics and became first Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924, 1929-31). His hard-headed insistence on rigid economy brought the British Government through the early part of the Depression. Philip Snowden was branded a "traitor" to the working class when he and Ramsay...