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Hoping to maintain their record of only one defeat, the Freshman Swimmers will meet the Yale cubs in the latter's pool this evening. As both teams have a long series of victories to their credit, a very close and hard-fought battle may be expected...
...scarcely wise, if this legion were kept in a clamorous state, to permit it to grow. But that is apparently what Mr. Ely has done. If Mr. Gill can maintain his present rate of acceleration, his goose will become a pretty unwieldy and a pretty lively bird...
...Federal aid would be extremely desirable," he continued, "as long as it left the actual apprehension and prosecution of criminals in state hands. The national government should maintain a strict control over the interstate shipment of firearms and enlarge the present finger printing service. Congress should establish a new Bureau of Criminology in the Department of Justice with district offices in every part of the country, to serve as an exchange for information on criminals and methods of dealing with them...
...months of probing Lord Macmillan recommended a central bank. The Bank of Canada, as proposed last week to the Canadian House of Commons, will have the usual tools of credit control - the rediscount rate and the power to issue bank notes. Each private, chartered bank will be required to maintain on de posit with the Bank of Canada an amount equal to 5% of its own deposits. Each bank and the Dominion's Finance Department will turn over their present gold holdings (some $100,000,000 worth) to serve as a credit base. Taking a hint from President Roosevelt...
...Russia is trying to keep on good terms with Japan. The Russians own the Chinese Eastern Railway, which runs through Manchuria, and to maintain peace they would be willing to sell it. However, the Japanese don't trust Russia, and this will come to be a source of trouble. There is no absolute necessity for war, but one will be caused by the over-abundance of military-minded people in Japan...