Word: missions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same day musing, muddling Stanley Baldwin (not half so sure of his mission from On High as is Lucy) talked to a student audience at the University of Glasgow of which this year he is Lord Rector. "Whatever the cares of the day, I always enjoy my breakfast," mused he. "Every morning I am full of hope, faith and cheer. By lunch time I've lost a great deal of it and by evening I've nearly given up all hope of this world or the next...
...save the Cuban bowl is the mission of Thomas Lincoln Chadbourne, smart Manhattan lawyer appointed tsar last summer by the Cuban Growers & American Bankers (TIME, Aug. 18). Last week he was in Amsterdam, determined to save the world sugar industry in his attempt to help Cuba...
...example] were permitted to have an unlimited naval personnel she might, by the subterfuge of en titling her soldiers "sailors," build up an army of unlimited size. Where do we stand? In vain Count von Bernstorff argued for Germany last week that it would be better for the Com mission to admit failure and go out of existence than to continue to lull the peoples of the world into a false belief that their statesmen are advancing toward Disarmament and Peace. Said a spokes man for Count von Bernstorff: "Better a failure and the knowledge of where we stand than...
...hospital burning was the second fire disaster the Grenfell Mission has suffered in recent years. Three years ago his hospital ship Marabel was gutted as she was leaving Sydney, Nova Scotia (TIME, Sept...
...Harvey (Frank Wilson) and his associates have planned a Back-to-Africa movement for Negroes, chartered boats, expecting to make money on the scheme. But when Marius Harvey assembles his clients in a hall to tell his plans, his eloquence carries him away, he becomes spiritually involved in the mission of leading his people back to the promised land. This scene stands out as an impressive bit of acting...