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...president of the reorganized Gold Star Mothers of America Mrs. Burling had rivals. The American War Mothers Association of which Mrs. Virgil McClure is president, criticized her tactics. Petty politics bred bad feeling. But last week it was Mrs. Burling, beaming with delight, who led the Gold Star trippers to New York's City Hall, received there for them the greetings of municipal officers, admirals, generals, Congressmen, officially responded to the welcome...
...fearing Church of Englander, schooled at aristocratic Eton, Sir Esmond does not lie under slightest suspicion of partiality for the Reds. He and the First Secretary of his Embassy prepared the report after "very wide inquiries in religious quarters." At the British Foreign Office officials expressed well-bred annoyance that this secret state paper had fallen into even the trustworthy Guardian's hands but made no suggestion that it was not genuine...
...crime is not to be treated with crime, what is one to do with the vicious creatures whom the combination of slum environment, bootlegging, and a certain indigenous American lawlessness have bred in teeming swarms? The first step seems to be to bring the penitentiary system out of its almost medieval sloth, and to coordinate penology with science. Psychology and research have discovered that a prisoner's future record will depend but little on the crime he was incarcerated for, but more importantly on his home environment, his habits, and his character. Thus to herd in one ensemble first offenders...
Well may the invaders be on their guard throughout the trip, for bitter competition of European builders has bred threats of attempted sabotage to the planes. Delicate is the position of Shell Petroleum Corp. which, ruled by a British-knighted Hollander, Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, is supplying fuel for the invaders' planes...
Born in Perth, Scotland, he went to London 45 years ago, entered politics, graduated from the House of Commons to the House of Lords in 1919. Rich, he bred winning racehorses, dogs, poultry; brilliant, he was sought by socialites, banqueteers. Dewarisms: "The most recent method of testing whiskey in America is to drop a sledgehammer into it. If it sinks, it is poor. If it floats, it is good. If it dissolves, it is perfect...