Word: maye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...valet but as a special inspector of police. People who remember that the "Tiger" generally slept in his clothes, hardly ever allowed them to be pressed, and once wore the same hat for twelve years, know that Valet Albert, however faithful, could never valet satisfactorily exquisite Chief Chiappe, but may make an excellent inspector of police. Chauffeur François Brabant, who dug the grave of the Father of Victory, will soon be installed as curator of a "Clémenceau Museum." Funds are rapidly being raised. Checks are mailed to the Clémenceau estates executor. M. Nicolas Pietri...
Pious Afghans rejoiced last week as their new king, Nadir, "the Afghan George Washington" (TIME, Oct. 21). re-established prohibition in harmony with the holy commandment of the Koran: God declareth unto you his signs, that ye may give thanks. 0 true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and diving arrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan; therefore avoid them, that you may prosper...
...gunmen hired by Ferocious Fimbres recently located the Apaches?a small tribe said to number only 25?on an almost inaccessible fortified plateau, high in the Sierra Madre Mountains. "This time they cannot escape!" Fimbres exulted last week. "Blood of God's Mother, I have waited three years ! It may take till spring to starve them out, but we shall kill all who are up there except one little boy?...
Engaged. Clairenore Stinnes, daughter of the late great German industrialist Hugo Stinnes; and Axel Soederstroem, Swedish cinematographer; at Berlin. Last spring they completed a two-year automobile globetrot (TIME, May...
...president while E. H. H. Simmons was honeymooning. Whitney qualities praised in the resolution were "courage, resourcefulness, and sound judgment . . . rare qualities of leadership." Oldsters, saying this was the first instance of personal praise by the Committee, wagered Mr. Whitney will be elected president of the Exchange next May. President Simmons, now serving his sixth term, had not desired his last nomination...