Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...harbor of Montreal there was great bustle last week, and a flow of more real French than usual. Eight out of ten natives of Quebec Province and of Montreal speak a provincial French patois, su perficially proud that their French forefathers established the white race's dominion over Canada. But last week, straight from modern France, the null sloop Villa d'Ys slipped into Montreal under the tricolor, bringing its complement of 103 true-speaking French. Purpose: to help the patois-speakers to celebrate le quatorze Juillet, the French Day of Independence. Purpose behind the purpose: to cultivate...
...Sheldon Fellowship in Economics, are included: Roger Enoch Bennett 3G, of Charleston, Ohio; John d'Auby Briscoe of Fairplay, Colorado; John Lee Brooks 3G, of Dallas, Texas; Charles Chretien 1G, of Yonkers, New York; Robert Adolph Luther Mortvedt 3G, of Joliet, Illinois; Theodore Francis Moorhouse Newton 3G, of Montreal, Canada; Hamilton Martin Smyser 5G, of Delaware, Ohio; and Noobar Retheos Danielian 3G, of Watertown...
...editorial entitled "In a Pullman," in your magazine issue of May 11 in which you say, after referring to the Pullman porter as the factotum of the car and his trustworthiness: "The necessity for this trustworthiness was evident last week when a Pullman porter went berserk on a Montreal-bound New York Central train...
...Labrador is not for sale!" In Montreal, whither Sir Richard went personally to seek a loan last week, he was asked again about selling or leasing Labrador. ''Have you any offers to make?" he smilingly queried correspondents. "Has Quebec, or Canada, or the United States anything to suggest? We'll be willing to listen...
...Presbyterian Church in the U. S. S., Southern branch of the Church, held its general Assembly last week in Montreal, N. C., elected its first lay moderator since 1914: R. A. Dunn, president of Commercial National Bank in Charlotte, N._ C. The Presbyteries disapproved the Birth Control attitude of the Federal Council of Churches, and voted 5 to 2 for withdrawal from the Council...