Word: solemnization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pure Oil Co.'s president since 1924 has been Henry May Dawes, solemn brother of Charles and Rufus, and its chairman is genial, stout Brother Beman. Least known of the Dawes boys, Beman is a great vacationist in Florida and Canada, leaves active direction of the company to hardworking Brother Henry. At his desk on the 22nd floor of Chicago's Pure Oil building every morning promptly at nine, President Dawes rarely gets away for golf except on weekends. An amateur of Civil War history and photography, he is a great friend of Cartoonist John McCutcheon and Illinois...
Most bumptious reaction came from the American Booksellers Association, still glowing from Doubleday, Doran's triumph over Macy's in the court battle on New York's Fair Trade Act (TIME. March 22). In solemn glee A. B. A.'s Counsel Crichton Clarke called a stenographer, dictated a statement pointing out that no stores in Macy's own trading area would be favored with the new service. "Macy's does not care how much its private brands are cut in other markets," said Mr. Clarke, "but it will not permit them...
...Congressmen and General John J. Pershing's American Battle Monuments Commission-which has spent $4,500,000 on memorials and cemetery chapels abroad. Absent were Senators Russell of Georgia, Gibson of Vermont and Duffy of Wisconsin, who dared not sail until after the Court Bill's solemn political interment in Washington (TIME, Aug. 2). They were to arrive in time to dedicate other" tasteful monuments at Flanders Field, Bellicourt, Cantigny, Gibraltar, Château-Thierry...
...crowd sang La Marseillaise (well), the Star-Spangled Banner (badly). A U. S. Catholic priest pronounced a solemn benediction. He was followed by a rabbi and a Protestant minister. A French military band played the eerie Hymn to the Dead. In his Rooseveltian voice, bald William Bullitt, U. S. Ambassador to France, introduced the Deputy from Meuse, who spoke no English. Wartime Aviator Harry W. Colmery, Commander of the American Legion, orated for his 4,000,000 comrades, about half of whom got to France before the War was over. Wildly applauded, General Pershing made the formal dedication...
Since few orthodox Communists believe in life after death or in redemption from sin by God's mercy, the nearest thing to these offered by the Soviet State occur on such solemn yet joyous occasions as last week filled Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre...