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...later, by a strange paradox, the Chamber of Deputies upheld the Premier on a straight vote of confidence by 290 to 246 votes, but 87 Deputies abstained from voting. At the same time, an event occurred which virtually spelled the downfall of the Cabinet. After the Government had declared and reiterated that an increase in the fiduciary note circulation was needed solely for commercial purposes and that new money would be obtained by a forced consolidation loan conscripting 10% of the national wealth at 3% interest, it was made known through the publication of the weekly statement of the Bank...
Married. Mrs. Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, widow of the late...
William D. Straight, sister of Harry Payne and Payne Whitney, to one Leonard K. Elmhirst, son of an English clergyman; in old Westbury...
Giovanni Martinelli, tall, straight-featured, with long locks thrust back in waves from his forehead, is the six-foot incarnation of all Latin gallantry. He, many declare, is the only tenor who can play Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca without bringing angry tears to the eyes of disillusioned debutantes. He is now 39 and weight-well-distributed, fortunately -has come to him with his many honors. His repertoire includes virtually the entire operatic works of Verdi, Puccini and the leading modern French composers. His English, unlike that of many of the Italian singers in the U. S., is excellent, his French...
...Then it seems to have stopped again, 20 or 30 miles to McLeansboro and Carmi, crossed the Wabash River into Indiana, promptly demolishing Griffin and razing half of Princeton. Apparently this was done by one tornado or a recurrent one, because the path of the storm is a mathematically straight line on the map. Subsidiary storms invaded Tennessee and Kentucky, not without death and destruction...