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France, alarmed by the sudden pole vault to power of Adolf Hitler, began to stickle for Japanese observance of the "sanctity of treaties," preparatory to stickling later for German respect of the treaty-created Polish Corridor, etc. Britain was said to have taken her new line because: 1) President-elect Roosevelt was reported by Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay to be resolved to continue the so-called "Stimson Doctrine" of nonrecognition of Manchukuo; and 2) Sir Miles Lampson, British Minister to China, was said to have cabled warnings that if the League fails to deal with Japan, China may declare...
...women is still something of a novelty. It started a few years ago in Boston, where Miss Eleanora Sears and her friends were allowed the use of courts in men's clubs at odd hours. When Manhattan and Philadelphia clubs added courts to keep up with the sudden growth of men's squash racquets, women took to using them. The Junior League in Manhattan built two courts, the Cosmopolitan Club another. There are now 17 clubs in the Metropolitan (Manhattan) Women's Squash Racquets League, formed last autumn. In Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, women...
...mile west of the airport, 800 ft. aloft, the big ship went into a spin, crashed into a grove of trees. Engineer, assistant, test-pilot, all were killed. To their graves they took the secret of the crash. Best guess: sudden shifting of the bags of lead ballast...
...spine. The sneezing centre in turn is roused by stimuli along the trigeminus nerve which carries sensations of touch, pain and temperature from the skin of the face, the adjoining parts of the scalp, the mucous membrane lining of nose & throat and from the teeth and eyes. A sudden bright light may cause a sneeze, as may a strong odor. Diseased teeth, sinuses, nose or throat may affect the trigeminus, arouse a prolonged fit of sneezing. An occasional sneeze is good exercise for deep chest and head muscles. This explains, apart from the narcotic effect of nicotine, the pleasure many...
Reflecting the uncertainty of the times in an eleventh-hour rush, some 32 odd men have now applied to the Business School for admission to its Extra Session, which begins on Monday, January 30, and continues until August 16. This sudden although somewhat anticipated last moment influx has definitely raised the number of applicants already accepted from 45 or 50 to at least 66, since some of the latest cases are now under consideration, and a few have been already rejected...