Word: reformative
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Cyril Rudolph Jarre, 74, Roman Catholic Archbishop (since 1929) of Tsi-nan, Shantung Province, China; of pleurisy and bronchial complications; in Tsinan four weeks ago. The Communists jailed German-born Archbishop Jarre nine months ago "for sabotaging the church-reform movement," refused his request for the church's last rites...
...years of service, Atkinson has accomplished much. Lower taxes, new city vehicles, elimination of hangers-on, better roads, and financial reform have made Cambridge government a model for many other municipalities...
...reform is no longer an issue. Councillors opposed to Atkinson's immediate appointment feel that the city should start making long-range plans: a capital finance program, extensive building, and gradual change in the school system. They feel that the manager has been negligent in this. Atkinson has been able to keep taxes down, but Cambridge has not had a new school building since the depression...
Last week, following up passage by the House in January, a Senate majority (30 Democrats and 23 Republicans for, 18 Democrats and 19 Republicans against) voted for the B.I.R. reform...
Peters had his downs as well as his ups. Revolutionary forces, considering any yanqui fair game, looted him freely. The depression of the 1930s hit him hard. In 1934, President Cardenas' land-reform program expropriated most of his holdings. Said Peters, philosophically: "The people need the land more than I do." Today his income is $58 a month-just about enough to live on. But if Peters has not continued to prosper, the pineapples have. Cuttings from Peters' original plants now produce 40,000 to 60,000 tons of pineapples a year, supplying four local canning factories...