Word: romanized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that time he had attracted the attention of two of his father's guests at Oelber, Professional Roman Najuch and Otto Froitzheim, the finest tennist in German history. Froitzheim commented that young Gottfried's brand of tennis was "good." But Gottfried foreshadowing the day when he would become the most self-critical player of his generation, noted: "Good (but, unfortunately, not very good...
...Basques and Asturian miners defending Santander and last week Santander fell. As predicted, Italy threw aside the last vestige of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War. The three Italian divisions-Black Arrow, Black Flame, 20th of March - which had helped reduce the city, marched in triumphantly and, in good Roman fashion, paraded a column of hairy Basque prisoners. Back home, the controlled Italian press acclaimed the surrender of Santander as "typically and essentially an Italian victory," fit reprisal for the embarrassing Italian rout of Guadalajara (TIME, March...
Saints are discovered by people on earth through prayers. The Roman Catholic Church attests sanctity after rigorous investigation. Hundreds of Catholics during the past year addressed prayers to Fray Junipero to intercede for them, and hundreds wrote Bishop Scher that their prayers had been answered, mostly by cures of ailments. This was enough to set in motion Fray Junipero's cause for beatification, preparatory to which the Church, if it found he had been responsible for miracles, would give him the title "Venerable." Appointed Vice-Postulator, or working advocate of the cause, was Franciscan Father Augustine Hobrecht of Santa...
...Guard, Reserve Corps.) There are no Jewish army chaplains because there are not enough Jews in the peacetime establishment; a church to be represented must claim at least 1% of the army on its rolls. Though most chaplains are Protestant, the single church supplying the most men is the Roman Catholic, with 31 chaplains. Last week for the first time in the 146 years of the chaplaincy, a Catholic made ready to hold office for four years as Chief of Chaplains. He. Lieut.-Colonel William Richard ("Father Will") Arnold, 56, was nominated by President Roosevelt, confirmed by the Senate...
...American Academy in Rome founded by the late Charles Follem McKim. Three years in Europe supplied him with wide architectural learning and a love for the grand style. During the rest of his life Pope's imagination soared no further than the symmetries of Greek and Roman architecture. Such was the character of his period...