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Chief reservationists were Senators Johnson, Hale, McKellar. Among other things they proposed that: 1) Britain give up her naval bases at Halifax and Bermuda; 2) U. S. entry into the World Court or League of Nations would void the Treaty; 3) All parties to the Treaty guarantee "Freedom of the Seas" to belligerents as well as neutrals in time of war; 4) The division of cruisers into gun categories is only a "temporary expedient" which would not bind the U. S. at future conferences; 5) The 10-6 naval ratio between the U. S. and Japan should be restored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Treaty Ratified | 7/28/1930 | See Source »

Daily the suave Mexicans who work the "Morelos racket" in the U. S. have tried to soothe irate clients, threatening clients, clients who pushed into their offices and had hysterics. Reason: The Supreme Court of Mexico recently declared null and void the Puente Code or Divorce Law of Morelos which was promulgated in 1927 by Provisional Governor Ambrosia Puente without being approved by the State Legislature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Morelos Divorces | 6/30/1930 | See Source »

...forward the sere and practical message of our hearts. It is, simply, that there would be more time for the honeysuckle if there were more copies of reserve books in the Library. Do these seem unrelated? Not to him who, as a Sophomore, has beaten his wings in a void in vain, hoping to read optional books for Buzzer's History; who, as Junior, has known for his worst enemies those grad students who are also interested in Romantic poetry; who, when all should be feasting and fun and senior singing, trails dismally from Seminary to Seminary, and finds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring, and the Library | 5/23/1930 | See Source »

...demolishing the building has been contracted by the Stets Company of Boston, who have agreed to have the building void of all machinery by April 12. The contract was sublet to two concerns, one the Zimble Company, which is removing the generators, and another the Shaughnessy and Ahern Company, which is taking out the old boiler equipment. The men working for Zimble were non union men, while those employed by Shaughnessy and Ahern were strictly union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Progress of Power Plant and Houses Threatened by Strike of Iron Workers--1800 University Workmen Concerned | 3/21/1930 | See Source »

...great spiritual awakening. But when peace and plenty caress the land the priest has a hard time keeping his flock at prayer, and great numbers desert him altogether. ... I am myself a theologian of considerable gifts, and yet I can no more imagine immortality than I can imagine the Void which existed before matter took form. Neither, I suspect, can the Pope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: God Wills It! | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

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