Word: scotlanders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born in England 42 years ago, Mr. Beale preached there and in Scotland, went to Canada in 1913. Three years later he settled in the U. S. For ten years he was a Congregational minister in Bridgeport, Conn. He was graduated from Yale (B. D. 1923), studied at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa). Four years ago he suffered a breakdown. Thin, highbrowed, grey-haired, he now looks older than he is. In March 1931 Mr. Beale took over the People's Church in St. Paul, whose pastor for many years had been Howard Y. Williams, now secretary of Professor...
...Avis Ullathorne, a strapping country wench with a shrewd mind, nerves of steel. Macbeth is Peter Bryden, a fine upstanding man to look at but with a fatal flaw in him called conscience. Duncan is his older brother, owner of North Wood Farm and affianced to Avis. When Scotland Yard's Detective Midwinter arrives on the scene the murder has been done, the corpse hidden, all clues covered. Midwinter rightly suspects Peter and Avis but can find no evidence. Instead he sets traps. Burly Peter might have blundered, but Avis reads Midwinter like a hornbook, makes game...
...revolutionist, His Grace emphasized that Scottish secession is not his object but solemnly declared: "The question of self-government for Scotland has grown from a purling stream into a roaring cataract...
...Duke has his way Scotland will receive a sort of Dominion status with its own Parliament and George V may consent to the gesture of a Scottish coronation at which he would wear, for the first time, the Crown of Scotland, an ancient Stuart treasure once worn by Robert the Bruce and now preserved in Edinburgh Castle...
Walter Biggar is a thin-faced Scot. He owns a large farm near Dalbeattie, Scotland. He usually dresses in brown. He always carries a cane. He is reputed to be one of the world's best judges of fine cattle. Every year for the past eight he has taken a trip to the U. S. to decide which steer should be named Grand Champion at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago...