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...Sept. 1, 1917, General Pershing moved his headquarters to Chaumont, 155 mi. east of Paris, which put him directly behind the sector the A. E. F. was to take over. On Oct. 21 the ist Division entered the lines near Luneville for training. On Nov. 3 occurred the first A. E. F. trench fatalities, a corporal and two privates of the 16th Infantry trapped by a box barrage...
...eminent amorist and violinist, Marcel Blanc (Mr. Rathbone). In no time at all the ancient triangle situation develops. As the curtain falls on Act I there is a charming scene in the virtuoso's apartment, with Miss Best lying in Mr. Rathbone's arms and humming Lehar's "Dein ist Mein Ganzes Hertz." In Act II, however, the affair becomes less idyllic. Miss Best tries to poison her husband while Mr. Rathbone is away on a concert tour. Detected by a doctor, she jumps into the most valuable body of water in the dramatists' atlas, the Seine. From this point...
...theory of the cup as the Grail is further suggested by such symbols as vines, the Star of Bethlehem, the plate of loaves and fish. There is much evidence to show that the Chalice could not date later than the ist Century. That date has been challenged by some experts, including Professor Charles Rufus Morey of Princeton, but is supported by Professors Arthur Bernard Cook of Cambridge and Josef Strzygowski of Vienna. If they are correct, then Kouchakji's Chalice may indeed be Galahad's Grail, the true cup of Jesus. For history records no other important Christian...
Died. Henry Allen Cooper, 80, U. S. Representative from the ist Wisconsin congressional district, dean of the House in age, in tenure of office; of heart disease; in Washington. Longtime leader of Insurgents against regular Republicans, he had served continuously since 1893 (except in 1919-21, following his opposition to U. S. participation in the World...
Died. George V's eldest sister, H. R. H. Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, 63, Princess Royal, Dowager Duchess of Fife, called by Edward VII "Your Royal Shyness," ist member of British Royalty to become a cinemaddict...