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...Treaty if she goes ahead with her armament policies. The authors of the league covenant felt that some way better than bloodshed must be found to develop a sense of discipline to Europe. They believed that an economic boycott would bring a recalcitrant nation to terms faster than a threat of invasion. How long could Hitler last without provoking revolution if Germany were shut off from commercial intercourse as sharply as she was during the war? Many historians of the war felt that economic pressure really forced the surrender by Germany...
Lassiter Chief Threat...
...backfield Yale's chief threat centers, of course, in Bob Lassiter. Speedy, as hard to tackle as any runner who ever came to New Haven, Lassiter can pass and kick as well, and he has already played a major part in two Eli campaigns. Stan Fuller, a transfer, is another dependable back, who became eligible this fall and promises to do most of Yale's punting. Andy Callan, understudy for Joe Crowley last fall, has taken over the fullback post and looks dependable. Del Marting, another veteran, is calling signals this year...
...paper currency under penalty of ten years imprisonment and $10,000 fine. Department of Justice agents began visiting known hoarders who, to date, have surrendered $38,901,009 in gold. During the same period unknown hoarders have given up more than $300,000,000. Attorney General Cummings issued threat of prosecution against recalcitrants who still held...
...gate receipts in excess of Sharkey's guarantee; and less than 8,000 persons felt like paying to see a fight which could decide but one thing: which of two outworn heavyweights was due for immediate oblivion. Loughran, a quiet, well-liked fellow, had never been a powerful threat in the ring since he stepped up from the light-heavyweight class. Sharkey knocked him out four years ago. And now talkative, wealthy Sharkey, only three months ago the champion, had left his last claim to importance on the floor of a Chicago ring where King Levinsky knocked him last...