Word: bordered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only by Russia. And at this point there came a brave ring of courage from this rump League of Nations, now composed of only 42 nations as against the 60-odd that once belonged. Bold speeches were made against Soviet aggression, especially from those far removed from the Russian border. Action came, too, when the League Assembly passed a resolution which; 1) "solemnly condemns the action taken by the U. S. S. R. against the State of Finland"; 2) "urgently appeals to every member of the League to provide Finland, with such material and humanitarian assistance as may be within...
...disclosure that shortly before the Führer and the late Polish Dictator Marshal Josef Pilsudski made their ten-year Peace Pact in 1934, the German Legation in Warsaw was advised by the Berlin Foreign Office that the Pact "in no sense includes recognition of the present German east border but on the contrary brings to expression that with this document a basis for the solution of all problems, including herewith the territorial, is to be created...
...could have been more dismayed or surprised by the Nazi-Communist Pact than Fritz Thyssen, die-hard hater of Socialism. Last summer Herr Thyssen warned the Nazis against going to war. A few weeks after war came, Fritz Thyssen, his number up, slipped over the Swiss border for an "indefinite stay." Last week the final break was made. The Nazis confiscated the vast Thyssen estate. The personal holdings of the Party's first big sugar daddy were classed as "inimical to the State and nation...
...Bowl at El Paso-Arizona State College of Tempe, Border Conference champion and the Southwest's highest-scoring team (212 points) v. Catholic University of America (Washington...
Most U. S. song hits are made in the U. S. But last week two imported tunes were leading the U. S. field: 1) the Czech Beer Barrel Polka (550,000 copies sold to date); 2) South of the Border, a song about Mexico by two London Irishmen (Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr) who have never been there (over...