Word: irelander
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...about his expense account. London dispatches told how the U. S. Embassy had received bills totaling some $3,000 for Mr. Moley and Herbert Bayard Swope, his traveling companion. One was for $1,300 for transatlantic telephone calls. Another was for $500 for an airplane chartered to fly from Ireland to London but not used. Since Professor Moley and Companion Swope were not officially members of the U. S. Conference delegation, Secretary of State Hull declined to pay their bills from the delegation's slim purse but referred them to the State Department. At the White House door Brain...
...keep Northern Ireland loyal to King George's Crown and cool toward ranting President Eamon de Valera in the (Southern) Irish Free State, prudent Mother Britain is lavish with gifts. Last winter Belfast went wild when Edward of Wales arrived to open a $5,000,000 present, the massive Northern Ireland Parliament Building, located inconveniently far out of town on Stormont Hill (TIME, Nov. 28). Lest Republicans in the Free State become too irate, His Royal Highness' speech was not broadcast...
...with both hands for backhands, surprised his Davis Cup teammates by losing to Harry Lee of England. Ellsworth Vines twisted his ankle but proved it was nothing serious by making short work of little Ryusaka Miki of Japan. Next day Lester Stoefen of Texas and George Patrick Hughes of Ireland defeated Lee and Clifford Sutter, respectively. Little Henri Cochet. who had been riding a bicycle to harden his leg muscles, did amazingly well for an oldster of 31 but when he played Vines in the semifinal, he lost to him for the third time in a row. In the other...
Although his loss would be a great one were it only for his work in the Fine Arts, he was also known for his brilliant contributions to literature; he was particularly interested in medieval and twentieth-century writings. In recent years Professor Porter developed a special interest in Ireland, its art and its literature. He was a poet as well as a scholar...
...Prime Ministers, Premiers and publicists . . . anxiously await his arrival . . . accompanied by one of the greatest showmen in the world [Adviser Swope] . . . . He is an unobtrusive, quiet person, pleasant, but not particularly impressive, and certainly not brilliant." Nevertheless, the world so needed Statesman Moley that when his ship reached Cobh, Ireland an airplane was waiting to fly him to London. But Statesman Moley sailed on to Plymouth and there entrained for a Conference which threatened to raise again the monetary question as suddenly as it had been shelved...