Word: royall
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Most notable of the tour ceremonies was the dedication of the International Peace Bridge at Buffalo. A bugle sounded, and from the Canadian and U. S. ends of the Peace Bridge dignitaries advanced to the centre. From Canada came Prime Minister Baldwin, the Royal Princes and Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King of the Dominion. Prom the U. S. came Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg and Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York State...
...Princess Helene of Greece and Rumania took her son, King Michael, to communion. When the priest was about to offer the consecrated wine to the boy king as he knelt before the altar, Michael said simply: "I don't drink wine in the morning." The priest assured the royal youngster that holy wine was not the same as other wine and that he must take at least a sip if he wanted to be a good boy and receive the blessing. After looking over at his mother, who wore an expression of mingled pain and amusement, Michael finally took...
Shrewd, he delayed his vacation beyond the usual date, allowing an impression to seep out that he would not leave Sofia this summer. Then, without warning, the royal motor car purred discreetly from palace to railway station. On the platform stood only one official: Premier André Liaptchev...
Last week in London Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, director-general of the Royal Dutch-Shell group of oil companies, gave evidence of a world-spread conflict for oil sources and oil markets...
...Royal Dutch-Shell. But President Whaley's statement was sufficient for Director-General Sir Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch-Shell. Since his companies could not monopolize Russian oil production, he has been disparaging Soviet oil. British retailers of such Russian oil have had to undergo price-cutting, trade repressions. The London Daily Mail, notably, has badgered them mercilessly...