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Last month Ship Lover Franklin Roosevelt visited Boston and Newport, tingled inwardly at the sight of the ancient wooden ships. Constellation's commander, Lieut. John Davis, who returned from retirement last year to take charge of his revered relic, remarked to the President that he would like to see Constellation back on the active list before he had to retire again. Salty Mr. Roosevelt understood, had Secretary Frank Knox restore both Constellation and Constitution to "in commission" status...
High in the Pyrenees Mountains, a cluster of craggy valleys comprises the semi-independent State of Andorra. A relic of the Middle Ages, the little (191 sq. mi.) country has been under the joint suzerainty of the French Government and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel since 1278, pays them a yearly tribute of about $86 in goats, sheep, cucumbers, other produce. Its 5,500 inhabitants scratch a hard living from the barren, upended land...
South Carolina's grumpy, mastiff-faced old Ellison DuRant Smith may be the Senate's No. 1 mossback, but South Carolina loves him still, treasures him as a precious relic. South Carolinians affectionately acknowledge that "Cotton Ed"*opposes progress in almost every conceivable form. But by last week many veteran Smithies had become anxious over the opposition of Sixth-Term Senator Smith to a Third Term for President Roosevelt...
...Cross. Present at her canonization last week were the two who had benefited by her miracles: Elisa Scarpelli, whose ulcers vanished instantly on May 14, 1938 after prayers to the saint, and Natale Scarpelli. The open leg ulcer he had from 1918 to 1935 healed overnight when a relic of the saint was placed inside the wound's dressing...
High in the Pyrenees is a series of interconnecting blind valleys that constitute the State of Andorra. Because this little (191 square miles) pocket in the mountains between France and Spain has no strategic or economic importance it remains a feudal relic. The 5,200 Catalan-speaking citizens make a hard living by keeping sheep and goats and rolling cheap cigarettes. They rule themselves through a legislative Council General of 24 members and an executive First Syndic. Co-princes of Andorra are the Spanish Bishop of Urgel and the President of France, who, as head of the French Republic, inherits...