Theodora and the Emperor a double biography review
Harold Lamb presents Theodora and Justinian as a pivotal husband and wife team whose combined rule revived much of Rome’s grandeur. The biographical narrative blends fact with dialogue, praising Theodora’s persuasiveness and Justinian’s paradoxical mix of fear and resolve, while noting the book’s quieter effect compared with Lamb’s other works.
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Theodora
Justinian
Constantinople
Rome
Harold Lamb
Lamb
Peter
Roman Empire
Genghis Khan
Mayor Pleads Charter Vote On City Reorganization
Mayor Fred Emery urged a public endorsement of three proposed charter changes at the upcoming special city election on August 12. The amendments create departments of purchases, public works and finance and a water improvement program to modernize Tucson’s administration for a growing county and tourist influx.
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Fred Emery
New Zealand Orders Imports Cut To The Bone
Wellington New Zealand slashed imports amid a worsening balance of payments deficit. The policy targets woolen goods hosiery and American automobiles with a warning of forfeiture for unlicensed orders and banks barred from funding exchange. The June deficit stood at 1 274 0000 pounds, about 143.57 million dollars.
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Wellington
N. Z
New Zealand
Sydney Holland
Customs
Jack T. Watts
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Amateur bus driver steals moving bus with passengers
In St Louis a man Kenneth D. Gorham 41 seized a running bus with 12 passengers when the driver stepped outside to check an overheated engine. Off duty drivers then halted the runaway by edging the vehicle, causing a collision with another car. No injuries were reported. Gorham was booked on larceny and careless driving.
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ST. Louis
Kenneth D. Gorham
Judge Rules Deportation Stand For Finnish Textile Worker Latva
Carl Latva a 49 year old textile worker faced deportation to Finland after admitting to four months in 1934 as a Communist party member He said he joined to help unions and the general textile strike The judge criticized the McCarran act as unreasonable but upheld the deportation order Latva who later worked under an AFL contract and raised a family in New Hampshire spoke of not blaming the government but the law.
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Wendell
N. H
W.P
Carl Latva
Finland
Communist Party
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Latva
Boston
McCarran
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Truman
Congress
AFL
Dorr Woolen Mills
New Hampshire
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Cecil Copeland
Southern Roofing CO
N. Swan
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E. Speedway
Drink America
Tri
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Py Krause
Baltimore
Dial
M. A. Wuerschmidt
Broadway
Arizona
Han Qyes
Morton
FISK
Eouragee
Mallinson
E. Congress
Martin Drug Store
Paramount Theater
Cuaik
Deen
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