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After thoroughly "covering" East Africa the Princes will proceed to South Africa and spend Christmas in Cape Town with their austere, not very popular uncle the Earl of Athlone, brother to Her Majesty Queen Mary, and Governor General of the Union of South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Eastward, To Empire | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

Secretary Earl Baker, of the Committee, cabled from Shanghai, last week, that the myriads of grasshoppers which partially caused the famine by devouring crops are now being devoured in turn by famished humans. Fat grasshoppers are fought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Fat Grasshoppers | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

...THIS MAN HOOVER-Earl Reeves-Burt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Natural Man | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

...Ephesian" is supposed to be a mystery to his U. S. publishers-a mystery not cleared up by U. S. reviewers of the book up to last week-it is becoming well known among London literatti that "Ephesian" is Mr. Bechofer Roberts, a distinguished part-time secretary to the Earl of Birkenhead; one of the great men whom he has biographed. Since Lord Birkenhead was famed as Mr. "F. E." Smith before his elevation, and since "Ephesian," when pronounced, sounds like " 'F. E.' sian," it was supposed for a time that the noble Earl had himself penned these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vin Mousseux de Champagne | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

Arkansas. In the home state of Nominee Robinson, the Democratic primary is all that matters. Held last week, it resulted in renomination for Governor Harvey Parnell. For Commissioner of Agriculture the Arkansas voters chose Earl Page, a man with no legs; for State Auditor, J. Oscar Humphrey, a man with no arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Primaries | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

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