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Tuesday marked the useful end of the Spanish Non-Intervention Committee. At London Ambassador Grandi read the death sentence--that Italy will not withdraw her troops while the war continues, and Premier Mussolini threw the switch in a statement at Rome instructing editors that Italy will not permit the government forces to prevail. Such an attitude by one country makes impossible any attempt to check effectively the support others are giving to the war. Once it was hoped that the bloodshed in Spain could be lessened by the withdrawal of foreign soldiers, a hope now almost dead. There remains...
...occasion had fired the canon, was easing away in a power dive to shake off some Fokkers behind him when one of the empty 37 mm. shell cases jammed his stick control, so that he could not pull out of the dive. At the risk of falling out, Fonck threw off his safety belt in order to reach the stick mounting, pry the shell case loose, finally succeeded, under fire from German planes above...
Only a month ago tin was selling at 50? per lb. Last week it hit a ten-year high of 66⅓, despite the fact that the International Tin Committee threw the London market into confusion by suddenly upping second-quarter quotas from 100% to 110% of 1929 figures. Copper, which was 13? per Ib. a month ago, was boosted for the fourth time this year to 16?, while in London, where speculation in metals is now as wild as Wall Street's wildest days in stocks, copper soared above 17½?. So mad was the copper market that...
Best form was displayed in the light in the 135-pound division when Edwin C. Ihrig 3L, former Princeton star, threw John L. Angel 1G, one-time ace of the University of Colorado team, to enter the lists against Arthur W. Page '40, undefeated Yardling grappler. Preliminary to meeting Seymour J. Rubin 2L, who took the title in the 135-pound division last year, William T. Hull '40 defeated William H. Fain '39 in a seesaw extra period encounter...
...took advantage of the opportunity to correlate their knowledge. At finals ten reviews were given, among the most successful of which were Chemistry A and History 1. To the former came two-thirds of those enrolled to unsnarl their formula-ridden minds. As for the latter review it threw a beam of light across six hundred years and caused the broad outlines of the whole to fall into meaningful order. The most severe jolt handed the Committee was during the review of Government 1, when the students walked out on the lecturer...