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Newest 8-in. weapon in the U.S. arsenal is the gun which throws a 240-lb. shell up to 19.8 miles. Two 38-ton tractors are required to haul the gun and its carriage into place. A 20-ton truck-mounted crane goes along to assemble the two parts...
Methodist leaders like Evanston's Dr. Ernest Fremont Tittle, Detroit's Dr. Henry Hitt Crane, Pasadena's Dr. Albert Edward Day, New York City's Dr. Ralph Washington Sockman are uncompromising pacifists. These pacifists led the last General Conference (at Atlantic City) to declare: "The Methodist Church, although making no attempt to bind the consciences of its individual members, will not officially endorse, support or participate in war. . . . Agencies of the Church shall not be used in preparation for war. . . . Buildings of the Church, dedicated to the worship of God, shall be used only for that...
Sued for Divorce. By Cinemactress Lana Turner, 23, well-knit sweater girl: Stephen Crane, 28, cinemaspirant, one time broker; almost two years after their marriage (for each the second), 14 months after its annulment, 13 months after their remarriage, nine months after the birth of their daughter ; in Los Angeles. She charged extreme cruelty, asked for custody of Cheryl Christinia Crane, sought no alimony...
...late fabulous Charles R. Crane of Chicago, wealthy plumbing man and world traveler, brought the Professor to the U.S. In 1902 Masaryk was called to occupy, for a year, the chair of Slavonic Studies that Crane had set up at the University of Chicago. (Twenty-two years later, young Masaryk met and married Crane's daughter Frances Crane Leatherbee; they were divorced in 1931.) Thus began Masaryk's conquest of the U.S. for the cause of his people's rebirth. It ended, in 1918, with President Wilson's acceptance of that cause and Masaryk...
...made a living as an ironworker and works manager in the Crane Co. (as a movie pianist on the side). "The only thing I know about diplomacy," says Minister Masaryk, "I learned in the iron foundry of the Crane Co. There were Slovaks, Swedes, Poles, Norwegians-absolutely everyone. I bought a blackboard and four times a week I taught them to read and to write. That was the strongest influence of my Europeanism...