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...Chairman Young did thus actually obtain the agreement of Dr. Schacht to the minimum figure of $8,800,000,000, he performed a major feat. So sanguine seemed the delegates of results to follow that they determined to meet hereafter on Sundays as well as week days in an effort to fix as soon as possible how much more than minimum the Fatherland must pay. This surplus above the Allied needs for repayment to the U. S. is supposed to partially cover the cost of repairing War damage done by German forces by land, sea, and air. Reputedly, the Young...
...opinion," crowed General Calles, federal commander-in-chief, when the news of Almazan's feat was brought to him, "this most infamous rebellion has been dealt a death blow...
...beneath the belt in 1919, when they seized virtually the whole German merchant marine of 3,500,000 tons-third largest in the world. From President Paul von Hindenburg down, every German feels today that among the greatest triumphs of Peace must be ranked the Fatherland's astounding feat of building 3,000,000 tons of shipping in the decade since the War. The summer of 1929 was to have seen German mercantile prestige finally restored with added lustre by the completion of two new and superb liners, the Bremen and the Europa, expected to be fastest...
Twenty hours would be a feat indeed. The present record is 15½ hrs., made by a German. Germans have mounted 2,500 ft., have traveled 42 mi. in gliders. They have glider clubs at practically all universities. Each year the clubs hold a grand rodeo over the rolling hills of Wasser-kuppe, near Frankfort-am-Main. German flying organizations require that their pilots be graduates of flying schools. There is a Deutscher und Segelfluguerband and a special periodical, Flugsport...
King Gustaf of Sweden, according to screeching Riviera news organs, "almost broke the bank at Monte Carlo," last week. Even if he had broken the bank, it would have been no staggering feat, for breaking-the-bank simply means that the banker of one roulette table is obliged to go to the cashier of the house and get some more money. Players winning as little as 5,000 francs ($200) have sometimes broken-the-bank...