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Political Situation. When members of the present Parliament were elected (TIME, March 5), the Seiyukai party of Prime Minister General Baron Giichi Tanaka could count upon only 221 seats. The Government was therefore menaced with upset by the Minseito opposition of 214, plus a faction holding the balance of power led by Deputy Yusuke Tsurumi. That the Cabinet was not immediately overthrown, was due to the adjournment of Parliament for the solemn enthronement of the Emperor Hirohito...
...upset were the people of Massachusetts that they made a law. The next Quaker to land would get one ear lopped off. If he came back, off with the other ear! If yet again he returned, his tongue was to be pierced by a red-hot iron. These provisions failing, however, to deter the Quakers, presently the gibbet was invoked and four Quakers were hanged, one of them a woman...
...first upset in the post-election bull market came last week over a matter of $3. Sir Joseph Flavelle, head of the Canadian Marconi Co., a Canadian radio stock listed on the New York Curb, announced that $3 was too high a price for Canadian Marconi shares. Inasmuch as Canadian Marconi was being quoted at $27, Sir Joseph's tow Opinion of -the stock shocked Marconi speculators. Dropping perpendicularly at a speed that left the ticker far behind, Canadian Marconi dove to 15½ before trading in it was suspended. The stock had been riding on a rumor that...
...What parasites and pests are the Communists, always plotting to create trouble, trying to poison the minds of our people and upset the social and political balance...
MANHATTAN COLLEGE displayed a nice bit of sportsmanship as a result of the victory over C. C. N. Y. at the Lewisohn Stadium. This game was not only an upset in the anticipated football results but a more serious upset to the C. C. N. Y. young men who were bold enough to offer from