Word: jurist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thomas Dewhirst, head of the famed House of David. Male members of this U. S. cult neither shave nor trim their locks, eat no flesh, in the stout belief that thus they will be among the 144,000 elect when Gabriel blows his horn. Judge Dewhirst, rich onetime California jurist, bearded the Appeal Board to beg his sect off from Michigan's unemployment-compensation taxes. He admitted his colony was in business, but protested against the tax on the ground that the House of David is "religious, charitable and educational." The Board was impressed by his appearance but reserved...
Henry L. Stimson, Elihu Root Jr., and Dean James M. Landis of the Law School paid tribute to the life and career of Elihu Root yesterday as they spoke at the dedication ceremonies of the new room in Langdell Hall which has been donated in memory of the great jurist and statesman...
Dilliard has settled down in Associate Justice Frankfurter's former home in Cambridge, which he hopes will add inspiration to his studies of law at Harvard. The present occupant of the famous jurist's home reports that, "Frankfurter's home is a fine place to live...
Missouri's Circuit Judge Allen C. Southern is a downright jurist who once kept a delegation of striking building workers away from his home with a shotgun. Every two years comes his turn to preside over his court's criminal division, and Judge Southern has taught wrongdoers to watch the calendar carefully. Last time he sat he tried to probe Kansas City's notorious 1936 election frauds, but Federal authorities beat him to the draw in a prosecution of 200 election officials and workers that severely shook the Pendergast machine...
...National Assembly, now an impotent body in the control of the State Party for National Unity, which, in turn, is dominated by the Cabinet of Premier Jan Syrovy, the one-eyed general. Week ahead of time Czech newspapers announced that Dr. Emil Hacha, 66-year-old Czech jurist, would this week be unanimously elected by the Assembly...