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...Tried to do the same with Poland. But Polish-Russian relations were somewhat complicated by Russia's grab of half of Poland in 1939, the fact that Russia still holds 200,000 Polish prisoners...
Knifey hitchhiked back to Chicago, looked up a couple of pals he had met at reform school, Charles Kwasinski and Clarence Schwark. Standing on a street corner, Knifey suggested sticking up a hotel. "Nuts to you," said Kwasinski as he made a grab for Knifey's gun. Knifey let him have it, left him mortally wounded on the street. "They're punks," said Knifey. "I fired at the other goof too, but I missed...
...thing as China. "It is a conglomeration of disunited nations and hostile chieftains." The 43 nations voted to condemn Japan; Siam, the 44th, abstained. Mr. Matsuoka gathered his papers, stalked out, his suite scuttling after him. His arguments had failed to convince, but Japan got away with the Manchuria grab and the note he set at Geneva was echoed later by Italy over Ethiopia and by Germany over the Rhineland...
Another complaint I have to make. We should have two TIMES a week in our home as Dad leaves for his office before I get up and takes TIME with him. I could use it every day in school-only there the teachers make a grab for it. Some day I'll have a subscription...
...oilmen were glad at least that they had a boss with authority. Reason: the growing transportation problem. Ickes himself, in a characteristic grab at the headlines, had forecast "Gasless Sundays, Dim 'White Ways' " last week, preventable only "if we had means of transportation, or if facilities were developed...