Harvard 15 Given Photographs of Buddha Statues
Cambridge Mass Jan 4 photographs of a collection of 800 inscribed Buddhist statues bearing Chinese names of divinities of the Lamistic pantheon worshiped at the imperial court of Peking about 1750 are Harvard University property donated by Baron Alexander von Stael-Holstein professor of Sanskrit in the National University of Peking now a Harvard visiting professor The gift to the Fogg Art Museum is unique as the previously published western pantheon contained only 300 figures Von Stael-Holstein was the first foreign visitor to the Forbidden City and aided by his role on the palace care board The collection includes a manuscript with 360 eulogies and drawings in four languages Manchu Mongolian Chinese and Tibetan The third gift is a pantheon of reform yellow Lamaism the Padmasambhava codex of 237 hand drawn images The fourth gift is photographic reproduction of a Tunhuang manuscript roll with Chinese Buddhist text and rough drafts of state documents in Tibetan and Khotan languages dating to the 8th century A D and shedding light on Central Asian geography
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Mussolini Builds Nobility In Fascist Regime
Rome January 4 Premier Mussolini’s Fascist regime is creating a titled nobility similar to Napoleonic France. In two months three new hereditary counts have been granted by King Victor Emmanuel on the premier’s advice to Ugo Cavallero Costanzo Ciano and Arturo Cittadini. Mussolini refuses to salute the title himself, retaining the Duca title only in name for others.
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Urge Miles for Job on Iowa Board of Education
Des Moines leaders of the American Legion pressed for Frank Miles of Des Moines to fill a vacancy on the state board of education. The action was advocated by prominent Iowa Legion officials as of January 4.
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