Word: mason
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their clothes, jumped in. A policeman caught them. A judge fined them each $5 & costs. Speaking before a Knights of Pythias convention at Cincinnati, Senator James John Davis of Pennsylvania advised "everyone to join some organization in order to express oneself.'' Senator Davis is a Moose, Mason, member of the Mystic Shrine and the Grotto, Knight of Pythias, Odd Fellow, Elk, Eagle, Forester, and a member of "many other fraternal orders." He also belongs to Chevy Chase, National Press, Congressional Country and Burning Tree clubs in Washington, and to the Americus Republican, Dequesne and Atlantic clubs of Pittsburgh...
...house on East 45th Street at the moment when Truckman Edward Wetzenberger was hoisting a large trunk from the sidewalk. The garageman smelled ether. He quickly telephoned the police station, "A man's carrying a trunk with a body in it out of a house here!" Detectives Elmer Mason and Rudolph McLaughlin climbed into their speedy little black Ford, rushed to the address in time to follow Mr. Wetzenberger's truck to a warehouse on East 41st Street. A Cuban broker by the name of Jorge de Zaldo was just about to receive the trunk when Elmer & Rudolph...
Sirs: In your issue of July 13 your correspondent refers to Chinese General Cohen being the only Chinese white Mason he knew of. The late Dr. Russell H. Conwell, former pastor of Temple Baptist Church, Philadelphia was also made a Mason in China. As a young man he was sent to China as a correspondent for a New York newspaper. He became very friendly with the captain of the vessel he sailed on and among other things discussed Masonry, with the result that when they reached China Dr. Conwell expressed the desire to become a Free Mason. So the captain...
...Chinese are very loyal Masons. I heard of an American Mason that was found dead in China. There were no papers on him by which he could be identified but on his body was tattooed the name and number of his lodge in New York City. The Chinese Masons not only sent the body to New York City, but also sent a bodyguard of two Chinese Masons all the way to New York City with it. That is Fraternalism in its purest form. EDWARD M. TAGGART East Orange...
...Gary surgical supply house which his brother established, and of the Cary-Schneider Investment Co. which looks after the family's general business interests. Right now he is guiding Dallas in the expenditure of $25,000,000 on civic improvements. His varied interests go further: fraternal work (32° Mason, Shriner), religion (Baptist), politics (Democrat). A strong argument for his election as A. M. A. president was his large scale building experience. He will supervise the construction of a new A. M. A. headquarters building in Chicago. The diversion which enthralls him most is golf, and once golf awarded...