Word: knowes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...never flinched. . . ." We are wondering if James Cannon Jr. of the M. E. Church south shall blink when he sees the Holy Places in Palestine-all of them, if we remember rightly, in charge of Roman Catholic Franciscan monks. (And you know that rascal Al Smith believes the same as they do.) If Cannon Jr. would have a competent guide then must he seek a son of Francesco Bernardone...
...statesmen know, the League of Nations covenant already embodies the munitions embargo idea. So-called "irrec-oncilables," who kept the U. S. out of the League, last week stirred uneasily when they read the Capper resolution. Why, they asked, should a great U. S. industry be stifled just to pacify the quarrels of other nations...
Near sandy Henryetta, Okla. (pop. 6,000), in the Old Indian Territory, Jackson Barnett, full-blooded Creek, worked his 160-acre allotment by day, rested his tired bones in a not-too-clean four-room shack by night. He was old#&151;60, maybe 70-he didn't know exactly. He was poor. He was illiterate. But he was a Govern-ment ward and he had learned that, so long as he stayed a good Indian, the Govern-ment would provide...
...American War she was Regent of Spain for her stripling son, the present sprightly King Alfonso XIII. Surely all U. S. gentlefolk who ever gloated over the U. S. defeat of Regent Christina's forces must feel a little sheepish as they view again her picture (see cut). Spaniards know that Queen Christina combined the majesty and mass of a Roman Emperor with the devout, portly sweetness of a Mother Abbess...
During the past several weeks Prince Barbu Stirby's chauffeur has been cashing at the Bank Generale, in Bucharest, large checks drawn against the Royal Exchequer, in virtue of His Highness' former authority as Keeper of the Privy Purse. Officials of the Bank Generale all know that the Prince has ceased to hold that office. Yet the chief teller paid the checks on sight, paid...