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...Pope's authority and believe broadly in the same dogmas were the other Orthodox Churches of Europe and Asia Minor. Rumania, with 11,000,000 Orthodox, has the largest and most influential church. To Bucharest two summers ago were invited a party of Anglican bishops and theologians, to thresh out theological problems with the Rumanians. After agreeing that Anglican orders are valid, the Rumanian Orthodox requested the Church of England formally to declare its desire for intercommunion...
...reclaimed Pontine Marshes about 50 miles south of Rome, a district infested for centuries with malaria but now ditched, drained, booming and blooming. Arriving at a Pontine farm which he helped sow with wheat last year, the Dictator last week pitched in under a broiling sun and helped thresh. Afterward, with sweat pouring down his dust-begrimed face, Thresher Mussolini presented his work slip for an hour's labor, drew the regulation five lire...
Leather. Meanwhile most solvent corporations will continue to thresh out recapitalization plans with security holders and creditors outside the courts. Two notable companies which have completed this process are Wilson & Co. and Armour & Co. One still in the throes of reorganization without recourse to Section 77b last week was American Hide & Leather...
Twelve other delegates from Afghanistan and Honduras have also been appointed to help thresh out international problems such as munitions, tariffs, and propaganda policies. The Afghans, headed by William I. Popper '37, will be David R. Schwartz '37, Donald F. Woods '36, and Frank E. Sweetser...
...Zane Grey's 1,040-lb. marlin. But the mako is the only shark which will take fast-moving bait, and at leaping, it is unsurpassed. Tarpon and sailfish also leap clear of the water, but not so high. And like those of tuna and marlin which thresh on the surface, their bodies, gills, fins and tails quiver in the air. The mako soars up stiff as a poker. For a moment it hangs motionless at 20 or 30 ft., blue of back, white of belly; its great pectoral fins spread wide. Then it flips over, falls back broadside...