Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, highest Naval officer afloat, is Admiral Frank Herman Schofield, whose appointment, announced last week, will become effective in September. Born 62 years ago at Jerusalem, N. Y., his home now is at Penn Van, N. Y. In 1898, eight years after his graduation from Annapolis, he was executive officer of the Hawk in the Spanish-American War. During the War he was on Admiral Sims's staff in London. Four years ago he was a member of the U. S. delegation to the abortive Three-Power Naval Conference at Geneva. Small, bespectacled, suggesting...
With the approach of Easter there are thousands gathering in Jerusalem representing three of the great religions of the world. The Jews are there to celebrate the Passover and the Christians to celebrate their holiday, while the Moslems from the desert will go to Jerusalem for the pilgrimage of Nebi Musa. As a result of this coincidence of the religious festivals the British have been forced to take extraordinary police and military measures to insure the keeping of the peace...
...great part of the sectarian quarrels in Jerusalem have no foundation other than aimless religiosity, but there is in addition an element of genuine faith which is rare today. This quality, which has been largely lost in the evolution of religious toleration and scientific scepticism, is one which should not be completely abandoned. Although the world will-probably never return to the limited faith of the past, of which the disorder in Jerusalem is an expression, there must be some adjustment made to modern knowledge and a creed built upon...
...Authorities on ecclesiastical affairs have expressed the opinion tonight that Dr. [Cosmo Gordon] Lang's visit to Jerusalem is calculated to give offence to the Vatican. The ecclesiastical and international balance at Jerusalem is delicately poised and easily upset and it is recalled that two years ago Dr. Lang's projected visit to Jerusalem was abandoned, it is said, at the Vatican's protest...
...Pitcairn, 34. Lean, conservative, outwardly humorless, he is third son of the late John Pitcairn, founder of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The elder Pitcairn, a follower of the Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg, gave land near the family home at Bryn Athyn, Pa. for the beautiful Swedenborgian Cathedral (New Jerusalem Church) which now stands there. All of the family maintain a lively interest in the church, and Harold received part of his schooling in its academy. Like de la Cierva, Harold Pitcairn learned to fly as a youngster, but he did not engage seriously in aviation until 1924. He founded...