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...morning last week ornate Buckingham Palace guardsmen raised their chins at a sound louder than the blare of their brass band which was just thumping out a change of the guard. Through a low-hanging cloud, with his motor back firing like a machine gun, slithered Flying Officer F. Smith's plane, falling directly toward the Palace. To Airman Smith the royal standard fluttering on Buckingham's staff showed that the King-Emperor was in residence. By desperate maneuvers Flying Officer Smith was barely able to lift his plane over the Palace roof and miss the flagstaff...
...sister Marie and a friend named Jeanne. When they reached the icy river Gave de Pau the other two waded in but Bernadette fearfully hung back. Then, she recounted later, she heard a terrific rumbling, a rushing as of wind. In a nearby grotto she beheld a golden cloud in which appeared a "beautiful lady," in a blue-sashed white gown, a rosary and gold crucifix hanging from her arm. The "lady" smiled, said nothing, disappeared. Bernadette called to her companions but they only laughed, said they had heard and seen nothing...
...launched at a big inaugural affair, at which no undergraduates were present the guests were smoked out by the lusty young chimney. The janitor immediately tackled the problem by raising the logs up nearer the flue, but the smoke would take no encouragement, preferring to hang like a cloud over the Common Room table. He then blocked up the top part of the fireplace, trying to pinch the vapors into submission to Newton's law of Gravity to the Moon. But the smoke dived underneath the fires and came screeching up into his eyes...
...this morning 1200 Cadets will enter the Yard as the guests of the University. In previous years the Cadets' annual visit to Cambridge has been noted for the good feeling that has existed between the gray-clad corps and their Harvard hosts. This year there will be a threatening cloud of unpleasantness over all the ceremonies in the Yard and in the Stadium. For, the most recent of two attacks on the Cadets and the Army game is still hanging fire...
...saddle by signing a smart decree. To persuade Cuba's wild-eyed, well-meaning students to quit politics, President Grau granted complete autonomy (including freedom of expression) to the University of Havana, plus an annual grant of at least 2% of Cuba's revenues. ¶ A cloud on Cuba's horizon remained the Negro problem. Negro crowds have used political excitement to loot shops, steal liquor. Lately white women have been insulted. Splashed on fences, a slogan has appeared: NEGRO, GET YOUR WHITE WOMAN! WE ARE EQUAL NOW. Immediate result was the organization last week...