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...response to an appeal by President Coolidge, a quota of $200,000 has been pledged by Massachusetts, in cooperation with the other states of the Union, for the erection of a mausoleum and a national shrine as a memorial to the late President...
...Ladies. A good many plays come to the shrine of light comedy, but few are chosen. This is one of the few. Derived from a stage play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly (authors of Merton of the Movies, etc.), it retains most of the original sparkle. Credit is due to Director James Cruze and the capable cast which he assembled...
Springfield. Britain's War Premier visited the shrine of America's Civil War President. Upon the sarcophagus he laid a wreath bearing an inscription: "A humble and reverent homage to the memory of one of the world's greatest...
...time his college home was being honored. Roosevelts birthplace at 28 East 20 Street. New York City was being dedicated with impressive ceremonies as "a shrine of American patriotism". This was done largely through the efforts of the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association. The house will be open to the public two days a week and to children every...
...discoverer with the late Lord Carnarvon of the tomb of TutankhAmen, resumed exploration Oct. 1 in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor. Less than one-fourth of the relics in the tomb have been taken out. The program for this season contemplates the removal of the canopies and shrine surrounding the sarcophagus, and the opening of the coffin itself, which is expected to reveal the mummy in all his regal robes and jewels. The body will not be removed from its ancestral shrine, but will be examined " to satisfy the claims of science." X-ray photographs will be taken...