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...veiled disdain of London socialites who pretend to accept him. He accuses a fellow member of a house party of robbing him. As the evidence gathers against Captain Dancy (Miles Mander), his friends assemble to defend him. The conflicting ties of race and honor that force de Levis to maintain his accusation compel Dancy to take his denial into court. There the racial solidarity that has formed to protect him ends by destroying Dancy, in a scene whose theatrical effectiveness does not mar its honesty...
...five students suspended were connected with the National Student League, and according to Dr. Ernest Moore, provost of the university, were guilty of attempting "to destroy the university by handing it over to an organized group of Communist students." Dr. Moore further charged that the quintet had attempted to maintain an open forum which had "inclined toward radicalism...
Results: 1) The delegates signed a protocol confirming their countries' "determination to maintain the present gold parities of their respective currencies, and recognizing that their common policy implies a development of international exchanges" (i. e. stimulation of trade and consequent payments between nations of the Gold Bloc). To push this program the Conference set up: 2) a permanent Gold Standard Secretariat at Brussels; and 3) subcommittees of the Conference charged with the duty of drafting concrete plans for action in accelerating trade and tourist travel within the Bloc...
...Mississippi. Along the seaboard it had settled down to a pitched battle between Standard Oil of New Jersey and the independents, with every other oil company helplessly drawn in. Standard was determined to keep its prices ½? above the independents and the independents were equally determined to maintain a 1½? differential...
...excitement over the Daniels case plainly indicated that U. S. Catholics are by no means through with Mexico's Revolutionaries and their long war against the Church. But apparently Mexico's Revolutionaries are also not through with the Catholic Church and its long war to maintain its position in that country. In the Chamber of Deputies last week Luis Enrique Fierro uprose to move that all Catholic bishops and archbishops be forthwith expelled from Mexico. Argued he: "We must open the minds of the people by teaching them to see the world in the light of science...