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...captain in the British Royal Fusiliers, Bishop Shedden has since 1919 been spiritual lord of the Bahama, Turk and Caicos Islands-a diocese embracing 13,122 church members, 83 churches, extending some 175,000 square miles of land and sea. To visit his flock he had embarked on a six-week boating trip, taking with him Eva Shedden, his sister and housekeeper, Rev. Donald Knowles, an Anglican missionary, and a crew headed by Capt. Joseph Taylor, Negro...
...takes a six-week residence in Reno to become a divorcée. It takes a six-month residence to become a voter. Last week while "newcomers" were busy in court getting separated from their spouses, Reno's "oldtimers" went to the polls, re-elected Edwin Ewing Roberts, 61, as their Mayor for a third four-year term. Father-in-law of famed Baseballer Walter Perry ("Big Train") Johnson, and once (1910-19) a Republican Congressman, Mayor Roberts won 3,773 votes by his loud espousal of easy divorce, legalized gambling and free barrels of whiskey. For Howard Doyle...
...Cruise. Last week the French Line announced a six-week post-graduate law cruise this summer aboard its France, open to all members of the bar. There will be a staff of 13 lecturers headed by Representative James Montgomery Beck, one-time Solicitor General of the U. S. who was last week arguing New Jersey water rights in the U. S. Supreme Court...
...convalescence of Novelist Arnold Bennett, critically weakened by a six-week siege of influenza, straw was laid down and traffic thinned in the London streets near his home...
When she finally said she would marry him. Max was so happy he grew almost handsome. He saw no point in further delay, but Renee insisted they wait until she returned from a six-week tour. They wrote each other every day: it was terrible. When the tour was nearly over Renee's partner urged her to be sensible and go on with him to South America, where they could get good engagements. After heart-rending sessions of sad, silent thought, Renee made up her mind...