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...comrades who run the Soviet State Bank are in danger of their very lives if they guess wrong on how to handle its assets and up to last week many European economists had guessed-not knowing of the super-secret parleys-that once the franc sank the British would sink their pound even lower to retain .its competitive advantage in world trade. It was perfectly believable that the State Bank comrades had dumped their sterling simply because they had wrongly but honestly guessed that it was too hot for them to hold...
...touched the ducks in their vast northern Canadian nesting grounds this year. It would therefore be safe for U. S. wild-fowlers to shoot into this year's migration under rigid restrictions similar to those imposed last year. Again there may be no baiting, no live decoys, no sink boxes or batteries, no guns larger than 10-gauge, or carrying more than three shells. But there will still be duckshooting...
With U. S.-German trade thus apparently due to sink toward zero, U. S. citizens this week could still buy at reduced rates for travel in Germany Tourist Marks. In Washington and in Berlin technical experts believed that surely President Roosevelt and Chancellor Hitler will now find it necessary-as foreseen by foxy Dr. Schacht-to open negotiations and make a brand new deal on U. S.-German trade...
...police launch set out to arrest her. As it drew alongside, the Girl Pat's doughty crew of four appeared at the rail stripped for a fight. Shouted Captain George Black Osborne: "We're outside the three-mile limit. Get out or we'll sink...
...lozenge of light metal with curtained windows, chromium fittings, a simple swivel joint at the bow where it couples with the automobile. Inside, it is as compactly luxurious as the cabin of a small cruiser. A 14-footer may have three davenports which convert into beds, a stove, icebox, sink, large closets, table. A 20-footer may have two rooms, shower, chemical toilet, desk, chairs, breakfast nook. All sizes are neatly outfitted, with wood veneer on the walls, linoleum or rugs on the floor. All have running water, insulation, electric light, heat. Cost for factory-built models ranges from...