Word: patronizers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George was the Patron Saint of England, St. Andrew of Scotland and everyone knows about St. Patrick. When a flag for the United Kingdom was desired the three crosses peculiar to the three saints were ingeniously superimposed, forming the famed British "Union Jack." Last week this same tried and tested formula of superimposition was carried to its ultimate conclusion with the unfurling of a new flag for that British Dominion called the Union of South Africa...
...dead man thus honored was Dr. Felix Deutsch, 70, President of the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (General Electric Company) famed as the A. E. G. Smart U. S. citizens knew Dr. Deutsch as the brother-in-law of Manhattan Banker-Art Patron Otto Hermann Kahn...
Because Prince Tokugawa's philanthropy is greater even than his great wealth the grounds and exteriors of his numerous palaces are habitually in disrepair, but within all is sumptuous, as befits the great patron of the arts who founded Japan's first symphony orchestra...
Belgians had a second chance to cry "milksop!" last week, when famed Art Patron Otto Kahn resigned as a member of Manhattan's unofficial Advisory Film Committee because it had sponsored the showing of the British cinema drama Dawn (TIME, March 12, 19), which depicts the shooting of Nurse Cavell in Belgium with realistic Teutonico furore. When the film was shown at Brussels it was received with tranquil approval. In England the Baldwin Cabinet made every effort to have Dawn suppressed; but it was finally approved by the London municipal authorities and shown, after emasculating cuts, without untoward incident...
...Latin countries, boys are named for a patron saint and celebrate that saint's day as other boys celebrate birthdays. Therefore, the boy who was Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti and who is now the 71-year old Pope, chose the day of Achilles the Martyr (May 12) for the issuance of his fervent encyclical...