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...this it was the object of a hot verbal attack on the floor of Congress a week ago. Today's editorial discussed the statement of Prosecuting Attorney Buckner that prohibition cannot be substantially enforced. It said that "where as Americans used to flock to Europe as a tribute to a civilization which we have not attained, we now flood the continent with a disgraceful, thirsty crew that makes the name of America ridiculous in European eyes." The editorial said: "The majority of Americans subscribe to what masquerades under the name of Christianity. Why not make it compulsory and thus insure...
Shortly afterwards all the citizens of Zikliev were arraigned before a Soviet judge, on charges of murder, and defended by priest Kosheliev: "We have done no sin! Jesus, the Lord Himself, chastised sinners in the Temple with a knout. I encouraged my flock to follow His example...
...regarded as significant that, although the Abbé's screams were audible at a considerable distance, none of his flock appears to have considered this sufficiently unusual to call the police...
...hurried to interview Dr. Kirk. In reply to their inquiries, he stated calmly that there were sown fields in Baltimore which he had "worked over and prayed over" whose harvests were "as yet unreaped." He had discovered after the call came that he wielded a greater influence over his flock than he had supposed; he could not sever his intimate ties without a loss, whereas he did not doubt that a pastorate of such importance as that of Fifth Ave. would surely obtain somewhere the minister it needed. Forthwith, the press both of Manhattan and of Baltimore published editorials lauding...
...annual race of handsome gobblers to the White House Thanksgiving dinner table, the first to arrive was a wild turkey which had voluntarily taken up a sedentary life with a tame flock in Pondera County, Mont. As a reward the County Turkey Growers' Association gave him a free ride to the White House, but on the trip he lost two of his 22 pounds from excitement...