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...Burton K. Wheeler, touring the West, spoke at Rock Island, Ill., Davenport, Iowa, St. Paul, Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha. One of his most telling effects was to push an empty chair to the front of the platform and call for "strong and cautious" Coolidge. Then he turned dramatically toward the empty seat...
...Chamber. In his speech, Benito declared: "The Opposition is meeting in several cities of Italy, whence they advance their demands. These demands include resignation of the Government, dissolution of the Fascist militia and of Parliament and immediate general elections. They even push their impudence so far as to specify that the elections shall be held with the system of proportional representation...
With the start of the preliminary heats of the Interclass Regatte to-day the rowing season may be considered well on. This afternoon the host of watermen push off like Ulyssess' companions, and smile the sounding furrows. The crews sitting best in order may be considered top-heavy favorites...
...making it in 1 minute 57 seconds recently, he very nearly equalled the intercollegiate mark Against him in the mile run Harvard has entered Haggerty, captain of the 1927 relay team, who beat the inter-scholastic 1000-yard champion at Huntington this winter, and MacMakin, who should push him to the utmost. Secrist will be a strong rival in the 440-yards dash. To win the half mile O'Neil will have to beat Jacobs, who got second against Andover, and Haggerty...
...Chief of the French armies; in Paris, of double pneumonia. His mother was English, his father a French army captain. He went through the Fontainbleau Artillery School, the Superior War College, served in Africa, China, Algeria. In 1916 he succeeded General Petain at Verdun and arrested the great German push at Douamont and Vaux. After the retirement of Joffre, he led the costly offensive of April, 1917. A year later he was sent to command the troops in Algeria. In 1920 he visited...