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...lives in what he likes to call "the last house in South Braintree, Massachusetts" with his musical daughter Vera, his son Robert, a black cat and a pair of bluebirds. Forty-three years in the U. S. have not changed an accent that would make the fortune...
Divorce Denied. To Lady Vera Hodge, onetime Countess of Cathcart, heroine of the uproarious "moral turpitude" incident in 1926:* from Sir Rowland Hodge, 75, Tyneside shipping tycoon; in London. Lady Hodge's charge: misconduct. Reason for denial: insufficient evidence...
Pointing out that the number of priests in the Federal District has been reduced to 25 and eliminated entirely in the States of Tabasco, Zacatecas, Sonora, Chiapas, Vera Cruz, Campechi and Queretaro, the U.S. prelates charged that the churches, schools and dwellings of their Mexican fellows have been expropriated. Denied to all Catholics are the rights of free assembly, free press and free worship and to the clergy, in addition, the right of franchise and even the solace of religious life. Since foreign clergymen are outlawed and native Mexicans prohibited from studying for the priesthood, the Mexican priesthood would soon...
...charming in her simplicity, George Brent as the old friend of her mother's who elects himself as her guardian and educates her so that she may be "desirable" is as bland and gracious as ever. The role of the actress mother is capably handled by Vera Teasdale. Though at times the acting is overdone and the story turns to maudlin sentimentality, the charm of the young girl struggling to learn about life and love is enough to overcome and obliterate these defects of presentation...
Baltimore, Oct. 17--The jelly-like content of the leaves of the tropical plant "aloe vera" has been used successfully in curing severe burns without leaving a sear, it was announced here today...