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...These causes are rooted in the inner weaknesses of the Polish State. Poland is a multi-national State.*The Poles constitute only about 60% of the population of Poland. . . . Poland is inhabited by no less than 8,000,000 Ukrainians and about 3,000,000 White Russians. ... It would appear that the Polish ruling circles should have established normal relations with such important national minorities. . . . Instead the national policy . . . was characterized by suppression and oppression of national minorities. . . . Regions in which the Ukrainians form a majority of the population were subjected to extremely rude and unscrupulous exploitation by Polish landlords...
...British Fascists feared the same fate had overtaken Sir Oswald Mosley's Action when the first issue after war's outbreak failed to appear. Actually Sir Oswald's proofs were held up by the censor until too late for publication. Last week's Action (cut from 20 pages to eight) was out on time, demanding: "What is the policy of the Government in the present War? At first we were told this was a war to save Poland. Now we are told that it's a war to destroy Hitlerism. In plain language...
...engines, and General Motors Corp.'s Allison Engineering Co. (Indianapolis), which is just getting into production on liquid-cooled inline motors. If there is ever a bottleneck in the production of aircraft for war it will be in the compact engine business, but last week it did not appear close. For Pratt & Whitney and Wright had finished their expansions for wartime business, were operating at no more than 70% of capacity and finding no trouble getting workmen. In the propeller business Curtiss and Hamilton Standard (Pratt & Whitney corporate brother) were turning out all the props business needs without straining...
...featured fillies in this production. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, and Mary Boland are all mixed up in some capacity or other in the film. Of the above, Miss Russell, Miss Boland, and Miss Goddard are all excellent. As for the other gilded lillies, their names appear first in lights, but their acting falls far below the supporting cast...
...weeks ago the University instructed all such Fellows who had not left for Europe "to cancel their passages for Europe unless in exceptional cases there appear to be assurances that the objects of their study abroad can be fulfilled...