Word: st
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Consultation Hours held in House Office, Master's Lodgings, De Wolfe St...
Without, some 200,000 people packed St. Peter's Square, eager to see a Pope crowned in public for the first time since 1846 (before the Popes became "prisoners" in the Vatican). The people waited patiently while, within, Pius XII went through long rituals. At last the Pontiff appeared on St. Peter's balcony. The great moment arrived. Cardinal Deacon Caccia-Dominioni chanted "Accipe tiaram" (Receive the tiara). The crowd below saw the Cardinal lift the gem-studded, beehive-shaped triple crown of the papacy and place it on the head of its wearer. Then the multitude dropped...
Last week the large city hall in St. Joseph, Mo. was packed with giggling spectators. In front of the courtroom stalked three circus giants: 40-year-old Glenn Hyder of Kansas City, Mo., 35year-old Texan Jack Earle, 21-year-old Robert Pershing Wadlow of Alton...
Robert's mother, father, teachers and the manufacturer of his size 37 shoes said that he was "obedient," "bright," interested in Chinese checkers, ping-pong and girls, ate little more than an average man. He was also kind to little children. Dr. Louis Henry Behrens of St. Louis said that he was a normal boy except for his size and his "beautiful hands...
...Consultation Hours held in House Office, Master's Lodgings, De Wolfe St...