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...Emperor Frederick had not died of cancer in 1888. Unfortunately he is unable to resist the temptation for cheap dramatic effect to which he so frequently falls a prey even in what one might call his more scholarly commentaries. He allows Kaiser William II to assume the throne August 1, 1914 amidst "peace and prosperity...
Born. To Emperor Hirohito & Empress Nagako of Japan; a daughter, their fourth (one died), legally unfit to inherit Emperor Hirohito's throne. Weight: 3,365 grams (7.4 lb.). Length: 49 centimetres...
...Congress had met on "International Women's Day." Every Moscow paper was featuring "the need for 1,600,000 women to leave the home for the factory." In his figurative "Speech from the Throne," Comrade Molotov explained this need. Russia's titanic Five-Year Plan has created a labor shortage so acute that womanpower must help manpower. The Plan MUST go through to provide Russia with the heavy basic industries necessary to fight a modern war. This war will be "defensive," according to Comrade Molotov, but it threatens. "The Soviet Government's chief danger today," he cried...
...late Benjamin ("King") Purnell of the House of David, at Benton Harbor, Mich, across Lake Michigan from Zion City, took unto himself and his Queen Mary the rights to some $1,000,000 worth of his followers' properties until 1927 when he was ignominiously banished from his throne and his belongings taken by a receiver. In 1928 Millionaire Voliva was accused of confiscating property for his own use, but he shook away the charge, continues to enjoy his reputation as an industrialist although Zion City, like the House of David, is a communistic scheme...
...always does the House concluded its session with fulsome speeches, self-congratulations, cheers, horseplay. Speaker Longworth, in a farewell speech-from-the-throne, recognized that it might be his last term as presiding officer. The Marine Band Orchestra was led by Representative La Guardia of New York. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida sang "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag" as she used to sing it in War canteens. The Speaker played on the piano while Virginia's Woodrum sang "Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny." It was all very merry, the most noisy and exciting...