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...venerable name. Saints Cosmas and Damien are the patron saints of the pharmaceutical [and medical] world. . . . Fact and fancy credit them with many medical miracles. They were victims of the Diocletian persecutions in the 4th Century, and their tomb in Cyrus, Syria, has been venerated as a shrine for centuries...
After an honorable funeral, the late General Homma's ashes were flown to Tokyo for interment in an honorable shrine...
...these thumping accomplishments Rogers Hornsby, greatest right-handed hitter the game has ever known, was last week elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. In a little red-brick shrine at Cooperstown, N.Y., his square-jawed face, in bas-relief on a bronze plaque, will be hung alongside those of 26 other Immortals previously chosen...
...FRANCISCO--Lt. Gen. John L. De Witt today announced the Oregon State-Duke University Rose Bowl game and the Shrine East-West charity game, both scheduled for New Year's Day, have been canelled for military reasons...
...Cabinet. Within 36 hours General Tojo had brought his choices through the grey fog to the palace, presented them to the Emperor. Then he went to report his assumption of office to the Sun Goddess at the Grand Shrine...