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...Story. On board a liner bound for San Francisco from London, in 1851, were 50 miscellaneous orphans in charge of Miss Charlotte Smith, a young English spinster. The ship also contained one O'Malley, inebriate doctor, a Scotswoman named Jean, some scoundrelly sailors and many others who would doubtless have been relevant to this account had not God broken that ship in half, tipping all its wretched occupants into an obscure corner of the Pacific Ocean...
...been connected with the University Observatory since 1893, and since 1912 has been Phillips Professor of astronomy. He became acting director of the Observatory in 1919. Less than two years ago he was given the degree of doctor of Science by the University of San Ajustin at Arequipa, and at the same time was made Honorary Professor of Astronomy at that University...
...worry about moving. Texas was on the point of revolution. He attended the Convention of San Felipe in 1835 (where he was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Texan Army), and dominated it with his eloquence. Word came that Santa Anna, the Mexican General, had invested the Alamo. In an hour, Sam Houston was leading a force to relieve the fort; but before he could do so it had fallen and its garrison had been massacred. But he met the Mexican Army at San Jacinto, routed it and took Santa Anna prisoner. Before the captive, Houston took a gnawed...
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED-Pauline Lord gives an even better performance than she gave in Anna Christie, as the San Francisco waitress who married an aged Italian farmer by mail...
...came the annual official list of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association. Heading the list, for the fifth time in succession, was elongated "Will" Tilden II. William Johnston, of San Francisco, second since 1919, dropped to third place, giving way to the nimble-footed, sharp-eyed Vincent Richards of Manhattan. Others in order: Howard O. Kinsey of San Francisco, Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia, Watson M. Washburn of Manhattan, Harvey Snodgrass of Los Angeles, John Hennessey of Indianapolis...