King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy took a boy who had just been hit by a train into his auto and rushed the boy to the hospital. The poor boy later died.
Yes, it's not a big thing, but then again, it is.
Major General Littleton Waller, USMC, died at age 69.
Waller had a long career with a lot of combat action. His career survived his being being court-martialed for the disastrous Samar expedition in the Philippine Insurrection and the summary execution of 11 Filipino civilian porters at Lanang for mutiny in 1902. He'd retired in 1920.
Ethel Hays repeated a common myth.
Last edition:
Monday, July 12, 1926. Amhrán na bhFiann.
Labels: 1920s, 1926, Anthems, British Empire, Gun Control, Ireland, MIddle East, Music, Personalities, T. E. Lawrence, World War One
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