Word: soon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Moscow despatches soon told that Russia's enigmatic Josef Stalin, most secretive of dictators, was believed ready to keep the peace on the basis outlined in China's memorandum, but demanded that all Soviet citizens imprisoned or detained in China be instantly released. Atrocity stories reaching Moscow told of 40 Red Comrades chained and beaten by Chinese and White Russians at Pogranichnaya, Manchuria. Fired by these tales, thousands of proletarians mass-met at Leningrad and voted a manifesto: "The Leningrad workers insist that the Soviet Government take decisive steps against the haughty Chinese and the White Guard bands. . . . The workers...
...Antoine Houdon (1740-1828), whose proud, grim marble bust is generally conceded to be the best, most expressive Washington likeness. U. S. patriots and artists were glad last week to hear that it had been purchased for a U.S. client by Manhattan Dealer Jonce I. McGurk, that it would soon be shipped to the U. S. Rumored buyers: John Davison Rockefeller Jr.; Percy Avery Rockefeller. Rumored price...
...Picrolas reveals that he is an eater of darkness. He controls a ray invention, by which he can not only see through distant men's brains but pulverize them as well. Hospitably, Picrolas offers Dograr a share in his ray-murders. Charmed, Dograr accepts. They aim the ray. Soon the city awakes to find Harry Hansen, William Soskin, Heywood Broun, Henry Seidl Canby, Asa Huddleberry and George Jean Nathan all dead. When the old man's hospitality becomes too exacting, Dograr leaves, preferring to have six Weber & Heilbroner shirts "in the Manhattan manner" at $4.40 each (advt...
Howard University was founded at Washington, D. C. in 1867 by General Oliver Otis Howard who commanded the Union Army in that neighborhood. The medical school, established soon thereafter, includes white and colored students. For almost 50 years the school had little money. Teachers received little pay. Then the Rockefeller General Education Board gave it $250,000, individual whites about $80,000 and Negroes a little more than $170,000. President of Howard is Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Negro...
...blimp on the roof of the Munitions Building in Washington, offered and proceeded to blimp the senator to "the front door of the capitol," depositing him conveniently in the plaza near the Senate wing. Predicted the most air-conscious senator: "That's the way all congressmen will arrive here soon...