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...Minesweepers moved back and forth, touched something, found it was a wreck. All that day and night the search went on. All day, all night, news was flashed to the cities of Britain. Sir Bolton sent a telegram to wives of married members of the crew: "We regret to inform you that your husband is missing and is feared drowned. . . ." Thomas Morris' wife read her telegram, waited at the post office for another...
...Davis, onetime Undersecretary of State. His appointment fills the delegation. ¶ To the Congress which returned last week from its vacation. President Hoover addressed a special message, reiterating his Relief program, urging its speedy enactment. Said he: "I would be derelict in my duty if I did not inform the Congress of the need for action at its earliest possible moment...
...grievous heresy. Nestorius, new Patriarch of Constantinople, had declared that Mary could not be truly called "Mother of God." Mary, said he, was Mother of Christ in His human nature only. This view, in spite of protests from Rome. Nestorius defended. St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, was appointed to inform Nestorius he must recant or be deposed and excommunicated; but in the meantime Theodosius II, Emperor of the East, called a conference at Ephesus to discuss the matter. For the orthodox Catholics, for the Nestorians, it was a long, tedious struggle. In the very first session Nestorius was anathematized, deposed...
...member of Equity and as Vice President of the Academy at that time, as well as at present, I beg to inform you that the Academy remained absolutely inactive and did not side either with the actors or producers throughout the attempted Equity strike two years ago. The Academy was most careful at that time to maintain an impartial and absolutely neutral attitude throughout the entire strike...
...fifteen minutes before the game, and between the halves, sandwich men will carry signs announcing the collections. As soon as the first half is over, a trumpeter will sound his horn in the middle of the field. The cheer leaders on both sides of the Stadium will inform the spectators that the collections are about to be taken...