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...could uphold Anglo-Saxon prestige among Moslems and Hindus. His success in conciliating Mahatma Gandhi, fomenter of Indian "resistance by non-cooperation," amply disproved the fears of anti-Semites. Last week Indians expressed pleasure at the elevation of Lord Reading to a place among Britain's two score Marquises. He is the first Jew ever to hold that rank. At Delhi, the capital of British India, the Marquis of Reading is succeeded as Viceroy by a Catholic, Lord Irwin (TIME...
Such a novel was "The Amateur Gentleman", such a novel is "The High Adventure". Jeremy Veryan with his stick and his dog and his prowess at arms and the game beloved of a certain Marquis of Queensbury betakes himself forth upon his highway. And many adventures curious and great test...
At Rome. The Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations convened under the presidency of the Marquis Alberto Theodori and received the report of France touching her administration of the mandated territories of Syria and Libya. Count Robert de Caix, Secretary-General of the French High Commission in Syria...
Mise en Scene. When they emerged, the King had exchanged his military garb for robes of state, "the ermine, the purple, and the crown." The Queen of course wore her imposing State Crown, topped by a blazing Maltese Cross of diamonds. A diamond stomacher twinkled on the jet black gown...
Married. Don Marquis, 48, famed Manhattan columnist, amiable novelist-poet-playwright; to Mrs. Marjorie Vonnegut, actress. His first wife, the former Reina Melcher, died two years ago.