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...Philadelphia, James Arati, 71, Nurseryman, hoeing shrubs, stirred up a swarm of hornets. One bit him on the lip. He died of shock...
Pained, both divisions hastened to entreat General Pershing to apportion the respective glories of the two Divisions, to decide whether or not the 26th's church was just a bit too close to the 2nd's Wood. General Pershing flatly declined to become embroiled...
Sirs: I beg leave to call your attention to a statement in the July 8 issue of TIME, page 13, column 2 near the bottom of the page: "Japan once planned to annex Hawaii by intensive colonization." I challenge anyone to produce a bit of documentary evidence to prove this statement-or any evidence that would be accepted by the courts of any civilized nation This statement savors of international slander; it is bad etiquette and miserable ethics. To say the least, it is totally unworthy of a magazine that professes the accuracy and other qualities of TIME. EARL...
...Parliament, last week, that he intends to cooperate along the Hoover line, even to the extent of journeying personally to negotiate in the White House next October. He added, sensationally, that in the meantime Britain would postpone construction on several war craft already laid down. Lawyer Dawes did his bit for naval disarmament last week by arranging that Socialist MacDonald's speech should be backed up within a few hours by a potent pronouncement from Engineer Hoover. The President promised the Prime Minister a warm welcome in October, then seconded the British gesture by announcing that...
...Irishwoman. Raised in England and at heart an Englishman, he, like many another young gentleman, considered it more sporting to go into the War as a "Tommy" in the ranks than to get a commission. After he came out, the tailstroke of what had smashed him up "a bit," smashed his family's fortunes. Instead of grubbing along or "going out" to the U. S. or Canada, he squared off at life, determined to develop his strongest talent. His chief teacher was Professor Henry Tonks, master of Augustus John and Sir William Orpen, at London's famed Slade School. When...