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Last week the Army, keeping all names secret, told the tragic story and its aftermath. A general court-martial of seven colonels had tried the officer on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. He had chosen not to testify for himself. His counsel had argued that he acted irrationally under great emotional strain, that medical testimony left a reasonable doubt whether the sergeant died from bullets or from burning...
Last week the same officers, on instructions from Major General Thompson Lawrence, reconsidered their stern sentence. While Senator Burt Wheeler demanded a Congressional inquiry, the court-martial reduced Weber's sentence to dishonorable discharge and life imprisonment. Said Weber morosely: "With a revolutionary mind you lose your place in the new society...
...monarchs sat down to a banquet in the sumptuous Hejaz style. The great table groaned under the weight of sweetmeats and whole barbecued sheep. In high good humor, Ibn Saud told brave tales of his youth. For hours the feasting continued, while the Wahabis made the night ring with martial songs and poems flattering the royal Egyptian guest...
Died. Frank R. Reid, 65, onetime Congressman from Illinois (1923 to 1934), vigorous but unsuccessful defender of the late Brigadier General William ("Billy") Mitchell in the famed 1925 court-martial over General Mitchell's caustic criticism of the Army & Navy for a piddling aviation program; of a heart attack; in Aurora...
...Martial Pressure. Ambassador Hurley donned a pince-nez to read an address in English. Third Secretary Fulton Freeman reread it in faultless Mandarin. The Generalissimo read a response in Chinese. An interpreter rendered it into faultless English. Then Pat Hurley presented his credentials. One formal hand shake was called for; the Ambassador added another for friendship's sake. As the Generalissimo lowered his hand, observers saw that Hurley's martial pressure had left it white and bloodless. But Chiang's face beamed...