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...Memorial in bas relief on Stone Mountain, Georgia. The committee in charge quarreled with him or he quarreled with them-it all came to the same thing-but he broke up his clay models and fled and they hired a new sculptor-a not un-Benvenuto Cellinesque affair (TIME, Mar. 9, 16, Apr. 27, May 11). But Mr. Borglum is to have another charge...
...Their lordships debated the important subject of Britain guaranteeing a treaty between France and Germany for the maintenance of the territorial status quo between them (TIME, Mar. 16 et seq., INTERNATIONAL). Lord Balfour for the Conservatives, Lord Oxford and Lord Grey for the Liberals, and Lord Haldane for the Laborites gave their blessings to what is called the peace pact...
...much more than a year ago (TIME, Feb. 25, Mar. 3, 1924, THE CONGRESS) when Banker Frank A. Vanderlip startled the country with hints of scandal when he spoke of the "strange" circumstance of two "unknown" young men acquiring ownership of The Marion Star from President Harding. The two "unknowns," Roy D. Moore and Louis H. Brush, sued him for libel. The case was recently settled out of court...
...special interest is because, early last spring, after a great fight, Congress passed a bill which increased the salaries of postal employes (to the tune of about'$68,000,000 a year) and increased revenues in a way to furnish an equal amount of additional revenue (TIME, Mar...
Last week, Convocation met to elect a Chancellor. The Chancellorship, an honorary position of great dignity, became vacant on the death of Lord Curzon (TIME, Mar. 30). It was offered to Lord Milner, but he died before he could be installed (TIME, May 25). It was then decided to hold an election; and it appeared likely that the Earl of Oxford and Asquith-Premier H. H. Asquith, possibly the most distinguished of living Oxonians-would be chosen...