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...judges, who might themselves be assassinated should their sentence prove too harsh, faced a delicate predicament. Reluctant to take the responsibility of making up their own minds they turned with relief to the August Spirit of the Meiji Emperor (1868-1912). He gave Japan her Constitution. In his long, glorious reign the Empire sprang from medieval lethargy to modern might. After praying at the Meiji Shrine last week the officers emerged no longer perplexed...
...second production will be presented the second week in December, but the exact play has not yet been selected. It may be an American premiere of either "Richard of Bordeaux" by Gordon Daviot, or "Gallows Glorious" which is now running in London, and there is a slight possibility that "The World of Light" by Aldous Huxley be presented. The productions will be given at Brattle Hall and will be followed by a dance...
...administration, when Naziism held the sympathy of about 50% of the Austrian people, it has been the strategy of Chancellor Dollfuss to fight the lush promises of Adolf Hitler with a revival of Austrian patriotism. It was not an easy job. Austria has a colorful, scarcely a' glorious history. She never won a war without the assistance of powerful allies. The Habsburg Emperors gained at various times control of over half Europe by the practical but not very inspiring habit of marrying heiresses, but there was one time when Austria was truly great, when Vienna saved Europe...
Hero Göring. On the platform deep-chested Premier Göring roars thrillingly, paternally about "My People!" He strikes with peculiar effectiveness the Nazi keynote that beaten Germany is now in a period of glorious Resurgence...
From Lisbon the armada flew non-stop to its glorious homecoming. Practically all of Rome and its hordes of visitors flocked to Fiumicino Airport at the mouth of the muddy Tiber, 15 mi. outside the city, to see the planes arrive. As usual Balbo's triad landed first to a deafening frenzy of cheering, whistle-blowing, bell-clanging, cannon-shooting. The General taxied his plane alongside an improvised receiving stand (a derrick platform) where stood Benito Mussolini, Crown Prince Umberto, the King's aviator-cousin the Duke of Aosta, U. S. Ambassador Breckinridge Long. He stood...