Word: iii
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Word has just been received from the Austrian Government that the cast of the porphyry sepnlchral figure of Emperor Frederick III in Vienna Cathedral, ordered a year ago by the Germanic Museum, is now completed and will soon be shipped. This is one of the richest and most decorative pieces of flamboyant Gothic sculpture of the second half of the fifteenth century. The Emperor, in gorgeous vestment, with crown, imperial orb and sceptre, is standing under a vaulted canopy the front of which contains a relief of St. Christopher with the Christ child. Around the Emperor are grouped the emblems...
...Inspected the new and extensive hydroelectric developments near Milan and also the Royal Vittorio Emanuele III Cancer Institute...
...Scene 1--The Alley. Scene 2--The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Barracks. Act II. Two-weeks later, The House of Cora. Act III. One hour later. The Cellar of Ling...
Killers. This melodrama has a message. Act I (common-place): murder is committed in the back room of a speakeasy. Act II (excellent): a jury blunders through the process of finding the wrong person guilty. Act III (bewildering): prisoners jabber in jail, attempt a mass escape with much pistol spitting. Act IV (stupid): how to get an electric chair ready and a last-minute confession...
John D. Rockefeller III (student) was elected vice-president of the Philadelphian Society at Princeton University The society's purpose is to promote religion among the undergraduates. William S. Mitchell of Little Rock, Ark., was elected president...