International Debt Talks and Lausanne Pact Dominates News
The article reviews Hoover vetoes and new bills shaping relief aid, Britain and France's confederice accord on European recovery, Lausanne treaty rollbacks and German reactions, Roosevelts coast cruise, and looming imperial economic talks in Ottawa with U S observer interest. It notes Nd stages of debt relief, war reparations, and political shifts across Europe.
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The Burden And Illusion Of Being Important
A Chicago style vignette examines why some people seem important while others tire under the burden of appearances. The narrator notes that importance often derives from circumstance and talent, not will, and contrasts those who seek importance with those who merely seem so. An interviewer asks Buck what is truly important today, and he suggests only future historians can judge.
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Octogenarian scientist Crompton delivers witty Savoy speech
At eighty six Col. B. Crompton Faraday medalist of 1922 wins praise with an after dinner tale filled with early scientific days. He recalls being slapped by Queen Victoria around 81 or 82 after introducing new lighting at Windsor Castle.
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Old Custom Retained Latin Locus Signilli Meaning
The article notes that the letters L. 8. on legal documents abbreviate locus signilli or place for the seal. It traces the Roman practice of stamping with signet rings and states the present legal usage survives from that custom.
Queen Victoria Comments on a Daring Young Man
In a bygone moment she noted the novelty of an innovation and, after a moment of surprise, praised the man for his own way being right. Her majesty remarked he had the cheek to assert himself and that his path happened to be correct.
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