Word: orders
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
William S. Vare, U. S. Senator-elect* from Pennsylvania, addressed the international convention of the Loyal Order of Moose in Philadelphia (see p. 28). Said he: "As a member of the Senate of the United States, a citizen of Philadelphia, and a member of the Philadelphia Lodge of Moose for 20 years, I welcome you to Philadelphia. This is the proudest moment of my life." Miles Poindexter, onetime (1911-23) U. S. Senator from Washington, returned from Peru where he has functioned for four years as ambassador. Loquacious, onetime Senator Poindexter made remarks: "There are heavy investments of American capital...
Philadelphia bustled and tumbled with the 39th convention of the Loyal Order of Moose?membership, 650,000; slogan, "Pap." Some 50,000 delegates attended, together with 1,200 women auxiliaries who were last week admitted to a men's session for the first time...
...Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, director general of the order, made an oration to the effect that men should not be "scrapped" at 50 but preserved by society for a useful old age. He described Moosehaven, the order's Florida home for aged Mooses, as a place "to live, labor and love" instead of "to loaf, linger and die." He went on for two hours?when a page brought him a note from his wife that it was time to stop...
...whose secretary Mrs. Davis (Jean Rodenbaugh) was before her marriage, Rodney H. Brandon, Moose executive secre- tary, explained the order's new concrete program. "Let's broaden our horizon!" he declared. "Let's remember other people's children as well as those who are children of Moose!" To do so, thought Mr. Brandon, would stamp out crime...
...comprehensive topic of the whole conference was discussed in plenary session "The Unity of Christendom." The Most Rev. Nathan Soderblom, Archbishop of Upsala, Sweden, himself the organizer of a Universal Conference on Life & Work (TIME, Aug. 24, 1925, et seq.) paralleling Bishop Brent's assembly on Faith & Order, reiterated the idea that all sects should be able to regard themselves and each other as chapters of a single Church...