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...never has a hurricane struck a region so thickly populated and so unprepared. Inattentive to weather reports, many a landsman had his first intimation that the wind and rain were more than an equinoctial storm, when he had a "funny feeling'' in his ears-the effect of sudden low pressure, like that of going up in an elevator...
They conservatively do not doubt the new Russia's sudden literacy but attribute these figures to the consolidation of numerous libraries under one system of administration, involving a great deal of duplication...
...close watchers of European diplomacy in the last few months, the known great number of secret letters, code dispatches and contacts by personal intermediaries which have taken place between The Four Chiefs has made it increasingly certain, month by month, that Europe would sooner or later be offered a sudden and staggering proposed "Solution"- whether or not it be now accepted. Repeatedly correspondents have described Herr Hitler as bringing on the Czechoslovak crisis: primarily to break up the Russo-Czech-French alliance; secondly to get control of the Sudeten Mountains which have barred his "Push-to-the-East"; and only...
Jews of high standing in Italy, and there are many, were given sudden hope last week by an unexpected passage in Il Duce's speech at Trieste, most of which was devoted to possibilities of war (see p. 15). Although declaring that "World Jewry, during sixteen years, has been an irreconcilable enemy of Fascism," Premier Mussolini added, "Jews of Italian citizenship, however, possessing indisputable military and civic merits toward Italy and the Regime, will find understanding and justice! As for the other Jews, a policy of separation will be followed. In the end the world, perhaps, will be surprised...
...Colgate-Hoyt Pool, one of the oldest swimming plants, was completely de-roofed by a sudden mid-afternoon blast, but five freshmen present for physical examinations were unharmed...