Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senator King of Utah, formerly on the Naval Affairs Committee and much in touch with Shearer said: "He was plausible. He told me he had once been in the Navy and never had lost his interest in it. He said he had fine connections with certain Naval officers and could furnish me information that would help me in my fight for a stronger Navy.? He told me of several inventions of his, and I replied that I would be glad of any aid he could give, I did not find him to be a Naval expert in any particular...
...James H. King, Canada's Minister of Health, last week pondered a compound problem of propriety, tolerance and human rights. The Provincial authorities of British Columbia had laid the problem be- fore him: they proposed that Canada exile or isolate several thousand of Canada's inhabitants upon lonely D'Arcy Island, off the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island...
...outstanding, for though able and active, he was more used to commanding than to persuading and somewhat impatient with differences of opinion. Yet he was frequently in the company of George of England and Albert of Belgium. On one occasion when militant suffragettes burned one of his houses, the King sent him a personal letter regretting the outrage...
...pipes. The piper had the status of a gentleman. Wherever the chief went, his piper went along too. In the early morning while the laird was dressing the piper promenaded in front of the castle, piping his master a good morning. In emulation of the Scottish lairds, the English kings had their court pipers. Henry VIII was a notable bagpiper. Today in front of Buckingham Palace there parades in the morning the King's Piper. George V keenly enjoys the music, as did his grandmother, Queen Victoria, who kept two court pipers. One of them, Thomas O'Hannigan, went home...
Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen. Except for brief electrical storms, navigation was simple for Capt. Ernst A. Lehmann on the Grafs final 5,300 miles from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen. He kept lookout for the lost Swiss flyers (TIME, Sept. 2) and detoured over Santander, Spain, to salute King Alfonso and Queen Victoria. This detour was a prudent courtesy, because Spain is planning a dirigible hangar at Seville, which will be useful when the Germans establish their Europe-South America Zeppelin line. But some passengers were vexed at the out-of-the-way delay. Their nerves were jumpy because one Frederick S. Hogg...