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From New York State alone came three ranking Democrats: Brooklyn's Borough President John Cashmore, State Chairman Paul Fitzpatrick, gubernatorial candidate Jim Mead, who was closeted with the President for a solid two hours (usual visitor's stay: about 15 minutes...
Official Montreal really put on the dog for its distinguished visitor. Excitable Mayor Camillien Houde was absolutely épaté as the visitor signed his name below Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's in the city's Gold Book. Then came a civic reception, and that afternoon the visitor was whisked out to the Blue Bonnets racetrack for the running of the big sixth race, renamed in his honor. The winning jockey was a namesake (but no kin) of Maurice Chevalier, which was fitting, because the man who handed him the winner's plaque was the latest homme...
...money to the position of the most worthwhile and therefore the most desired object in and possession of life. Many Frenchmen openly admit that money is the only thing in life they have an interest in now. A dollar now brings a top price of 185 francs. The foreign visitor to France must trade his money illegally to live; it is not a matter of making a profit at the expense of the French--the opposite is more likely...
...went to Russia at Government invitation to investigate the status of its 2,000,000 Baptists. For the visit the Russians rolled out the Red carpet. The visitor had two nice visits with onetime seminarian Joseph Stalin, to whom he gave a leather-bound copy of the New Testament and two pipes. He also got permission to preach hellfire-&-damnation sermons in churches in nine cities, from Moscow to Stalingrad. Before he was through, his hosts had even persuaded the alcohol-hating Baptist to try a sip of vodka. (His judgment: "It tasted like kerosene mixed with stump water...
Against this backdrop, the status of the Russian Baptists looked fine to the visitor from Atlanta. Baptist missionaries had struggled hard since the 18th Century to break the monopoly of the Russian Orthodox Church, finally succeeded in getting a real foothold only 40 years ago. Their biggest boost came during the revolution, when the Reds used them to undermine Orthodoxy...