Word: monarch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lean, seamy-faced Feisal's heart. One afternoon in Berne, having consulted with his Foreign Minister General Nuri Pasha and his brother Prince Ali on the prospect of the League of Nations investigating the Assyrian deaths, Feisal became seriously ill with a heart attack. The 50-year-old monarch, 37th direct descendant of Mohammed, refrained from eating any dinner, retired early, felt worse. At midnight Death, searching among the cool Alps for a desert chief, found King Feisal in his hotel bedroom...
...rest of the world they have their political difficulties, but nobody ever gets shot. The first of recent Siamese crises occurred a year ago when a bloodless revolution shook dozens of intelligent, inbred Siamese princes out of soft government jobs but left purblind little King Prajadhipok a constitutional monarch. Next Siamese crisis occurred last April when King Prajadhipok suddenly grew nervous at the increasing "Communism" of his first Cabinet, fired the lot of them. "Premier" Laung Pravit left hastily for France and a group of staid conservatives took his place. Again there were few objections, no blood...
Though Siamese scrapped the divine rights of their smart little King Prajadhipok last year he managed to keep his throne, popped out of the revolution a constitutional monarch (TIME, July 4, 1932). Last week His Majesty and curvesome Queen Rambai Barni startled Bangkok. Despite bickering in the Siamese Army which led to the sudden resignation of four high officers. Their Majesties announced serenely that next January they will leave Siam on a leisurely second visit...
Last week Pope Pius XI, no longer prisoner but monarch of Vatican City, revived the celebration. In vast St. Peter's Square, late in the afternoon, 50,000 Romans and pilgrims waited. Presently from St. Peter's central doorway appeared the Pope, apparently kneeling but actually sitting at a priedieu on a platform borne by twelve husky men. Pius XI bore aloft a gem-encrusted monstrance containing the Host.* Prelates held a damask canopy over the Holy Father's head and stirred the warm air about him with ostrich-plumed flabella. Mace-bearers, torchbearers. Noble Guards...
President, chairman and absolute monarch of Allied Chemical is Orlando Franklin Weber. For the most part, his industrial family has been content with Mr. Weber's monarchy for the good and sufficient reason that Allied Chemical has made money. During the past three years, however, certain investment trusts and other large Allied stockholders have been trying to find out the nature of the company's securities portfolio, what part of its profits ($11,400,000 last year) came from manufacturing and what part from stockmarket operations. Urbane but distant, President Weber wrapped himself a little tighter...