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Marion. Mr. George laid a wreath on the tomb of President Harding and afterwards called on Mrs. Harding. Speaking from the platform of his train, he said: " I came to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of one who in his public life became beloved to the people of this country and the world...
...When the tomb was finally found under the floor of the parish church in Cranham, in the hills of Essex, England, Dr. Jacobs sent for sharper tools, sped the burrowing, stepped triumphantly into a vault where lay the coffins of General and Lady Oglethorpe. The coffins were of elmwood, lead-lined, in a vault of heavy red bricks...
...Jacobs: " When we have disinterred the body, I shall leave in the vault for the enlightenment of future generations a written story, on parchment, of the circumstances of the transfer of his remains to America. . . . Over the tomb I shall place . . . an appropriate marble slab commemorating today's great event...
Egypt. Howard Carter, of the Metropolitan Museum staff, co-discoverer with the late Lord Carnarvon of the tomb of TutankhAmen, resumed exploration Oct. 1 in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor. Less than one-fourth of the relics in the tomb have been taken out. The program for this season contemplates the removal of the canopies and shrine surrounding the sarcophagus, and the opening of the coffin itself, which is expected to reveal the mummy in all his regal robes and jewels. The body will not be removed from its ancestral shrine, but will be examined " to satisfy the claims...
...land with safety on tennis courts or even on broad city streets. But they cannot do it yet. To advertise an Air Carnival at Mitchel Field, L. I., Lieutenant Edwin Johnson obtained permission from the New York City authorities to land on Riverside Drive near Grant's tomb. His plane, the Speery Messenger, flew down under ideal conditions, but a skid on slippery asphalt caused a collision of plane and lamp post with damage to both. Still, the aviator flew back to Mitchel Field that same afternoon...