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...publicly burned copies of an address by Pope Pius XI, shouting as they did so, "Down with the Pope! Death to the Pope!" L'Osservatore also complained that the button-badges worn by members of the Catholic College Men's Association have in some instances been "forcibly torn from their buttonholes" by Fascist bullies. Il Lavoro retorted: "Catholic parish priests pray against the Fascist regime! They prevent from entering their churches little boys in the uniforms of the balilla" (Fascist Boy Scouts). At the Vatican it was announced that "particulars of 35 recent acts of intimidation" of Catholics...
Should Secretary Wilbur return to Palo Alto when his leave of absence expires next September, this plan may be completed within three years. Otherwise it is likely to remain in abeyance until he returns, as stipulated by the trustees when he left. Meanwhile, Stanford buzzes secretly but excitedly, torn by fierce controversy. The tall, once robust chancellor hears on his death bed the names of the chief protagonists?Herbert Hoover, Secretary Wilbur, Acting President Robert Eckles Swain?all of them his students once. If he was sorry not to live to see them make Stanford what he had dreamed...
...plot of ground received is the site of the Old Institute of 1770 building, a gray frame structure now known as 25 Holyoke Street, and occupied by students. This, together with 27 Holyoke Street, now occupied by Dr. T. L. Harris, Religious Adviser, and several students, will be torn down...
...ride the quarterdeck of No. 56 with her. With throttle open, brakes off, they whizzed downhill from Dzerjinski Place to Theatre Place while traffic scattered and passengers clung screaming to their seats. At the bottom of the hill the car jumped the tracks so violently that its body was torn from the trucks. One woman was killed, six persons gravely injured. Alexandra Semeena, built of stern stuff, was unscathed. Inspectors discovered that the brakes were in perfect condition, had not even been applied...
...green hell of jungle, near the bank of the Paranapanema River, the two men set out on foot. They lost their map and compass. A box of crackers, their only food besides a jar of marmalade, was consumed by red ants while they slept. Bitten raw by insects, torn by thickets, nearly starved, the men pushed on through the swamps until, on the eighth day, Quaranta collapsed, out of his head with fever and suffering. Di Robilant struggled on, was found on the twelfth day by an Indian and four white fugitives from justice. Next day di Robilant was strong...