Word: relief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Macllale '31 is slated to demound duty against the Crusaders, with Robert Gilmore '31 serving in the relief role. A shift in the Crimson lineup sends S. L. Batchelder '31 from first to the catcher's position, while B. H. Ticknor '31 will take care of the initial sack A. D. Weeks '31 has replaced E. J. Des Roches '31 at second...
Earthquakes, eruptions, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, famines & conflagrations are all classed as "Acts of God" and neatly tabulated, year after year, by the International Union for the Relief of Disasters, a subsidiary of the League of Nations. Last week the tabulators of the I. U. R. D. announced that during the past three years the U. S. (with 76) has been the object of more "Acts of God" than any other nation. Italy was second with 64. Other nations...
Swift to send aid were the British, French and Italian governments, all of which despatched war vessels with supplies for the 10,000 Corinthians who are now homeless, shelterless. Swifter still came the succor of the American Near East Relief, which maintains agents and nurses permanently in Greece. Meanwhile rich Athenians contributed generously and rapidly to a relief fund established by Old Paul Koun-douriotis, the revered admiral who is President of Greece because he alone is trusted as a man of honor-much as Germans trust Old Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg...
...unanimous vote of the Sobranye (Parliament) all taxes were increased 20% to provide a relief fund. In quake areas a curfew bell was rung at 9 p. m., and persons seen prowling near shattered buildings after that hour were presumed to be thieves and fired upon at sight by military sentries. Profiteering in food or building materials was checked by a special law providing that offenders should have their entire property confiscated and should receive publicly 25 lashes...
...Relief. In Manhattan, John Davison Rockefeller Jr. telephoned Dr. Simon Flexner, director of laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute, asking if something could not be done. Director Flexner telephoned to Quebec. Consultant Barach said: "Well, you might send me some fresh Serum No. I and II. I probably could get it here, but I'd like to have it on hand in case we find it is the proper treatment...