Franklin the Apostle of Modern Times in Paris Portraits
In Bernard Fay’s new biography Franklin is recast as a bourgeois leader whose life bridged science politics and philosophy. The French scholar argues Franklin’s international influence and Masonic ties shaped his rise from printer’s apprentice to celebrated diplomat and symbol of modern times.
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Franklin
Paris
Joseph Siffred Duplessis
New York Publice Library
John Bigelow
Daniel F. Gibbs
Benjamin Franklin Post
American Legion
Trocadero
Richard
Legion Post
France
Desrayes
Lebeau
Nantes
Passy
Apostle
Bernard Fay
Little, Brown and Company
Franklin Bache Huntington
New York
Benjamin Franklin
President Coolidge
Philadelphia
Elmo Scott Watson
Life, Brown and Company of
Boston
Professor Fay
Philip Guedalla
Fay
Jesus
Lfe
London
Masons
Masonic Society
England
Morellet
Suard
de la Dixmerle
Denmark
America
Pennsylvania
Rince Carol
Ruminia
Italy
Signor Preciosh
Bucharest
Carol
Rumania
Indiana Briefs Highlight Local Elections and Disasters
Indiana news notes report Portage Township Five Points school fire causing 350000 in losses near South Bend. Various local leaders elected including Urbana Farm Bureau head Wellman Bruner and secretary Bruce Myers. Studebaker in South Bend to add 2000 jobs after 7000 return to work for annual inventory.
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Hosa
Gary Portmaster
Loover
Perry Rupe
Portland
Wellman Bruner
Urbana Farm Bureau
Bruce Myers
Indiana Plumbers' Association
Art Wayne
Portage Township
Five Point
South Bend
Carl D. Sands
Auburn
Kosciusko County Farmers’ Relief Association
Warsaw
Seward Poor
Kina Green
Michigan City
Citizens’ State Bank of
Southport
Indianapolis
Julius B. Leininger
Columbia City
Irene Leininger
Donald L. Martin
Batesville
United States Military Academy
West Point
War Department
Martin Fenton Linden
Seymour
Joe Sannicola
Gary
George Holland
Sannicola
Jefferson Street
Sannic
Andrew Legos
Francis
Bob") McNamara
Whiting
Perltonitis
Thomas 8. Boyle
Donald P. Spurrier
McNamara
Indiana Supreme Court
Willard Clark
Oswego
Seore
Franklin Ticker
L. W. Royse
Judd Pittenger
J. G. Hansman
Charles Bullock
Indiana Reformatory
Baltimore& Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Jeffersonville
Studebaker Automobile Plant
Prohibition enforcement in focus as Jones reports progress
Washington clash over enforcement continues with Hoover crime commission hearings. Senator Jones says the panel seeks practical enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, while Borah and McBride spar over enforcement gaps and departmental actions. New Year observances and diplomatic arrivals punctuate a tense national scene.
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Washington
Congress
Wesley L. Jones
Hoover Crime Commission
Jones
Senate Finance Committee
Congressional Joint Committee
Borah
Idaho
New York
Chicago
Hoover
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition Department
McBride
Department of Justice
Mitchell
Brookhart
Iowa
the Treasury
Ogden, Mnis
Oast
Charles P. Taft
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Russia
United States
de Margerie
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Santa Monica
Calif
Frederick M. Sackett
Kentucky
Germany
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General Pershing
Edward W. Pickard
Seymour Lowman
Prohibition
James M. Dorin
Flollett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Lexington
India
Mahatma Gandhi
National Congress
Gandhi
all-India Congress Committee
Indian’ Liberal Federation
Western Samoa
New Zealand
Mao
Native League
Samoa
China
State Council
Wang
Enator
West Indies
Sackett
Senate
Enneth Hawks
Nome
Pacific Ocean
Palos Verde Hills
Los Angeles
Cootlands
Moving Picture
Paisley
Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
The
United States Supreme Court
California
Pasadena
University of Southern California
University of Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Western Newspaper Union
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