Word: royals
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...issue of TIME appeared a statement in reference to the Canadian wheat situation that when the Royal Tomb of Tutankhamen was opened in 1922 some wheat grains and other foods were found; that in 1926 a friend sent a few of the grains to Farmer Sydney Cunningham of Alberta, who in turn sent grains produced by his original "King Tut wheat" to Farmer Charles Borry, who grew new wheat from a crop produced by the original old grains...
...Indian Provincial legislatures, a question which Britons demand be settled before any definite promise of Dominion status is given. Far more important was the appointment of a new Viceroy for India: Free man Freeman-Thomas, Viscount Willingdon, Baron Willingdon of Ratton, at present Governor General of Canada. Latest previous royal representative to be appointed was the native-born Gover nor General of Australia, Rt. Hon. Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, shoved into power by Australia's Labor Prime Minister James Henry Scullin (TIME, Dec. 15). This appointment so roiled George V that he altered the traditional "His Majesty has been...
...Henry Alfred McCardie, Kt. (The Honorable Mr. Justice McCardie), amiably received reporters at his chambers in the Royal Courts of Justice last week, amiably delivered himself of a little seasonal philosophizing, defended the moral integrity of murderers, and incidentally reminded U. S. readers that New York is not the only place (see p. 10) where witnesses swear falsely and justice miscarries...
...American Petroleum Institute since its organization in 1920 has championed curtailment; California's law prohibiting the waste of natural gas has been a way to force reduced production. Now many oilmen hope the conception of an oilfield as a mutually owned unit will be the solution. Production by Royal Dutch-Shell has increased overproduction, but Sir Henry Deterding stoutly maintains he has reduced his production in proportion to U. S. curtailment...
...separate ceremonies. Each Nobel check for 172,946 kronor ($46,350) was encased in a sleek portfolio. Redder and redder flushed red-haired Author Lewis as the three other prizemen received their portfolios. When his turn came to step up to King Gustaf and receive $46,350 from the Royal hand Mr. Lewis advanced jerkily, bowed abruptly, deeply...