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...very safety of this same neutral citizen may be dependent upon the outcome of the present war." The outcome Minister Cromwell hoped for, he made clear, was the victory of the Allies. Picturing himself as a sentry who "sees approaching a force which frankly and openly seeks to destroy," Jimmy thundered: "Upon this interpretation of my duties as a diplomat I am content to risk my official head. If I be wrong then let the executioner be summoned and wield his ax. Head chopping is just an old family custom with the Cromwells anyhow...
Active commander of the Air Force and No. 2 German airman is Lieut. General Erhard Milch. General Milch was at Karinhall last weekend, and so was Chief of Staff General Hans Jeschonnek. They had a machine that might destroy a large segment of Western civilization. They may have discussed trying to do so, because this week the German Embassy in Washington took pains to warn that if Britain and France endangered civilians with more active warfare (see p.30) Germany would "retaliate blow for blow." It was respect for Hermann Göring's mighty machine that caused...
...State-created Grand River Dam Authority, the dam was designed to harness the power of Grand River, generate cheap electricity for Oklahoma. Red Phillips was against it from the start. Oklahoma did not want it, said Oklahoma's aggressive Governor. According to Governor Phillips, the dam would destroy $889,275 worth of the State's highways. To his way of thinking, a $350,000 bridge built by PWA did not compensate the State for the loss; PWA owed Oklahoma another $500,000. And he vowed he would never let the dam be finished until that account was settled...
...Russian citizens, must think of the dishonor that burdens us. We are still such slaves ourselves that we can be employed to reduce other nations to slavery. We still submit to a Government that crushes us with the cruelty of the hangman and that uses Russian soldiers to destroy the liberty of others...
...Councilman Charles E. Keegan of The Bronx: "Any Councilman who reads his mail knows that the great majority of the taxpayers of this city do not want this alien coming in here with his moral code and getting paid from the city treasury. We should step in now and destroy the plot which began three years ago, when the Board of Higher Education set its cap for this man of doubtful moral character...