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...Anglo-Persian, slipped a copy of the new agreement in his pocket, packed his grips and flew from Beirut to Marseilles, after months of bickering, threatening, appeals to the League of Nations, the new-agreement provides: 1) The period of the concession is 60 years from 1933. 2) Area of the concession is reduced from 500,000 sq. mi. (about five-sixths of Persia) to 250,000 sq. mi. until 1938, 100,000 sq. mi. thereafter. 3) The company loses its exclusive right to pipelines in Persia.* 4) The company shall pay four shillings a ton on oil sold...
After pushing a slow and bloody advance for three weeks in the area east of the Lwan River, Japanese troops along the Yellow Sea coast between the Great Wall and Tientsin were suddenly halted last week, faced about...
...below the Optimists), found themselves most of the time in close quarters near their own posts. Two of their goals were made on long shots from almost midfield. When the game was over, Phipps, Guest and Stewart Iglehart, Optimists' No. 3, had three goals apiece. The Sixth Corps Area had five altogether. The score was 8½ to 4½ because each team fouled once. Even more remarkable than the record of the Optimists-who have won the Indoor Championship three times in the last four years-was the way they organized for last week's game. Month...
...night. Meanwhile the local traffic squad has itself started a drive against such offenses and has already tagged over a hundred cars; it calls attention to complains received from townspeople and emphasizes the fire hazard of parking on River Street or in back of Dunster House, near the area of frame dwellings. Unrealistically, the University insists that any student who can afford to run a car is also able to meet monthly rental charges. Even if this were universally true, such a student would be naturally reluctant to pay, so long as there were the possibility of otherwise disposing...
...legal provision that only one license could be granted to a single corporation, an obstacle previously raised to beer sale at Harvard, would not necessarily deprive Harvard of beer. Since all the dining halls are grouped around a central area, one license would serve for the seven Houses...