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...film aims at the portrayal of a country's worship for their leader in a time of oppression. When their god falls for another man's wife with the weakness of any love-stricken being, their trust in him is shattered. That they should feel thus seems only natural, but the picture tries to make the situation highly dramatic. Does Parnell betray Ireland or Ireland Parnell? That is the question. The result is a hopelessly wishy-washy conflict between mass admiration and the illegal love of a party champion. With both sides in a deadlock, the script solves its problems...
...active direction was in the hands of men like Jackson Reynolds and Leon Fraser. In poor health for the past three years, Mr. Baker boarded the Viking last February for what he called a "stag cruise-the first vacation since I was married 30 years ago." Stricken with peritonitis in mid-Pacific last week, Mr. Baker was operated upon by his yacht's physician, assisted by a doctor and nurse haled from a passing liner. Radio brought further medical aid from Hawaii, sped by the Navy, the Coast Guard, the U. S. Public Health Service. Mrs. Baker dashed...
Which our profane hours here have stricken down...
Least poverty-stricken of the French railroads is the Chemin de Per du Nord, whose President is white-mustached Edouard de Rothschild. Last week, as his railroad was in danger of being taken out of his hands, he got his second bellyful of state socialism within a year. He was one of the regents of the Bank of France until Premier Blum booted the "200 Families" out of their ancient domination (TIME. July...
...Simultaneously he noticed that Bohnet was having trouble. Though the air was clear, with no turbulence whatever, the plane ahead was wallowing. A wing would go down five degrees, then wobble back as the other wing dipped. The wallow grew worse. While Wilkins and his co-pilot watched in stricken silence, Capt. Bohnet's plane rolled over on one side as if about to bank, went completely out of control and dived 500 ft. straight down. Wilkins, an old friend of Bohnet, looked away at the last instant, but his co-pilot saw the ship smash into the ground...