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PARIS--European statesmen, snatched from the brink of war by the four-power conference at Munich, tonight, were understood to be considering a formula for liquidating the two out- standing irritants of the political horizon--Italy's conquest of Etheopia and the Spanish Civil...
...long as we hold all the land between the railways the Japanese can get no taxes, no food supplies, no minerals, no cotton. They will have no profit to show for their expensive conquest...
...their side. Promising a "quick victory," he reshuffled his Cabinet, called to three key posts two of the nation's most influential military men and the top-rank Japanese financier. The Premier urged upon the new Cabinet a "renewed determination to attain Japan's fixed objective (complete conquest) in China...
Biggest share of the Hollywood budget will probably be spent by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, opulent producing subsidiary of Loew's Inc. Accustomed to spending as much as $3,000,000 on a picture (Conquest, Marie Antoinette), M-G-M does so to give proper setting to Hollywood's greatest star roster, to produce most of Hollywood's best jobs, many of its stuffiest. Over last fiscal year, Loew's Inc. topped the cinemindustry with a net income of $14,426,062. In the coming season, MGM's schedule calls for 52 films, to include Northwest...
...particular value as far as the field itself goes. It is one of the most interesting in the field, however, and is the only course which attempts to trace the historical growth of any phase of government, covering in particular the development of common law since before the Conquest (1066). One of the four special topics for correlation with History is the History of Representative Government. But even aside from questions of the Divisional Exams, this subject has been grossly under-rated so far. This is the only illustrative course in the history of any phase of government, there...