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...Sweden's new King Gustaf VI took the royal oath, announced that his personal motto would be "Duty Above All," with Queen Louise acknowledged the cheers of his subjects. Then the King picked up his tired little grandson, Crown Prince Carl, 4, heir apparent to Sweden's throne, and carried him off to the quiet of his palace room...
...Throne Room. John Hartford moves at a pace that would exhaust younger men. In good weather he walks the 18 blocks from his weekday suite at the Plaza Hotel to mid-Manhattan's Graybar Building, throne room of A & P's vast empire. At 9:30 sharp he strides through one of Ralph Burger's offices, turns right into his own thickly draped, richly paneled office. At 11:05 a.m., Mr. George arrives. Not till both are in can any important matter be settled. Since they share equal power in A & P's affairs, both must...
...Faithful. The climax of the ceremonies would be All Saints' Day, when the actual definition of the dogma was scheduled to take place in an elaborate ceremony. From a throne set up before the central gate to St. Peter's, above a colorful sea of bishops' miters and upturned faces, the Pope receives the formal request of the College of Cardinals that the dogma be proclaimed. After a prayer, the Pope reads the bull† of proclamation: ". . . The presence of Mary in soul and body in Heaven is a God-revealed truth . . . Hence if anyone deliberately presumes...
Died. His Majesty King Gustaf V of the Swedes, the Goths, and the Wends, 92; at Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm. King Gustaf succeeded to the throne in 1907, held it longer than any other monarch in Sweden's history. He reigned through a gradual revolution which moved Sweden far down the socialistic Middle Way, adjusted with grace and dignity to being a king in an egalitarian democracy. Considered aloof while Crown Prince, he eventually acquired the common touch, became one of the most popular sovereigns in history. But through his genial manner glinted a regal metal that reminded...
...Socialists here forced a King to agree to step down from the throne in favor...