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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Every school child knows the prowess of George Washington, but few grown men know what a fortunate accident he was. The Continental Congress chose him to head our Armies only as a matter of politics. His military record was unknown. John Hancock and Artemus Ward wanted to command but, to appease the South, George Washington, the "quiet husband of the richest woman in America," was chosen, regardless of qualifications, to lead our Armies. Similarly, LaFayette was made a Major General for his zeal, his illustrious family, his connections...
Boston, the Hub, has made another revolution. Serge Koussevitzky, famed Russian conductor, a prophet of the new, a patron of the unknown, will direct the Boston Symphony this Winter. Last season it was Pierre Monteux, volcanic, sensational, whose introduction of Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps was a dramatic event. Now comes a man whom they heralded in Moscow with bombs and cheers and acclaimed in Paris with appreciation even more explosive. What will he do? Great words thunder in the index...
...body of Deputy Giacomo Matteotti, assassinated some weeks ago by some person or persons unknown, but suspected and in custody awaiting trial (TIME, June 23 et seq.), was returned to the dust in the cemetery of his home town near Rome. Soldiers paid him military honors for the State; 8,000 persons attended the funeral...
Dynastic succession is unknown to pugilists. When a ring king leaves his throne, ordinarily he has been knocked off it by a bruiser better than...
...baby-trafficking combine was discovered by astute French police. Mrs. Dinorah Galou, alias Comtesse de Presles, said to have been born in California, acted as a receiver of unwelcome children of unmarried mothers and erring wives, and disposed of them in some unknown way; supposedly, she sold them. Mme. Galou's activities were said to have extended over all Europe, the U. S. and South America. The police were unable to discover the whereabouts of her "adopted" children...