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...Being now refugees from Russia and having as my only hope the undeniable proof of my close relationship to Casimir Pulaski, which I beg to enclose herewith, I take the liberty of applying to your Excellency with the most entreating prayer to consider whether I may not receive from your Government some material compensation for the services rendered to the American nation during its glorious struggle for independence by my ancestor, Casimir Pulaski...
...three children of his second wife "are similarly provided for by their father's estate." "But," the will, written in Curzon's handwriting, continues: "I bequeath to each of them the sum of $25,000 as proof of my affection...
...That is a legitimate desire, which no one in the world would be so unjust as to deny us; for no country in the world has in the past half century given such proof as France of faithful attachment to the ideals of peace...
...precedent and seeming proof, Manufacturer Dubilier had the reported performance of short-wave sets taken into the Far North by Explorer Donald B. MacMillan (TIME, July 6 et seq.), which their operators last week declared would (perhaps) reach every properly equipped station in the entire world...
...proof of this view, Col. Ayres has charted since 1890 the average yields on 60 high-grade bonds and the current rates prevailing for 90-day "time money" on security collateral, as well as the average price for industrial stocks. As a rule, he discovers that stock prices have risen during periods when time rates were lower than bond yields, and nave fallen when time rates were higher than yields...