Word: siam
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...only monarch absolute both in theory and in fact is the King of Siam. Last week this potent small man (98 Ib.) was en route to clasp hands in Washington with President Hoover. When he does so the King of Siam will be the first Oriental ever to enter the White House with the rank and dignity of Reigning Sovereign...
...other monarch has a Cabinet predominantly composed of princes, his relatives. The Crown Prince of Siam is now Minister of Interior, has been Minister of Marine. No other Crown Prince holds Cabinet office, no other king is in effect his own Prime Minister...
...famed sacred white elephants of Siam were never white, are rapidly losing in popular Siamese opinion their sacred character, and have disappeared entirely from the national flag which today is red, white, blue, white and red (five horizontal stripes...
...American Day. Radio addresses beginning at 12.30 p. m. from Washington by President Hoover, Secretary Stimson and Ambassador Tellez of Mexico. April 26-Shift to Daylight Saving Time in many a U. S. town & city. April 29-President & Mrs. Hoover's dinner to the King & Queen of Siam (see below); at the White House. Foreign News...
...York City of Japan's Prince & Princess Takamatsu. April 13-May 16-Shakespearean festival; at Stratford-on-Avon, England. April 19-Beginning of "Summer Time'' (Daylight Saving) in England, in France. April 20-Arrival in the U. S. of King Prajadhipok* and Queen Rambai Barni of Siam; at Portal, N. Dak. from Vancouver, B. C.; U. S. residence during their stay: "Ophir Hall" at Purchase, N. Y., grandiose, high-walled estate of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, relict of the onetime U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. April 26-Census Sunday in England. First census (1801) figures...