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...situation is that U. S. concerns have upward of $150,000,000 invested in Rumania of which $70,000,000 alone represents the investments of the Standard Oil Co. The Bratiano brothers (Jon Bratiano, Premier; Vintila Bratiano, Minister of Finance) piloted through the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies a bill, known as the Mineral Rights Bill, which makes it obligatory for Rumanians to hold 60% of stock in all industrial enterprises, and which provides for State confiscation in the event of foreigners failing to comply with...
...Haverford, Pa., furious left-handed service, an upward-ripping backhand like Gerald Patterson's, crashing overhead blows stopped all the collegiate courtsmen who pitted themselves singly against much tanned Wallace Scott of the University of Washington. Arnold W. Jones of Yale, the other finalist, was dismayed by the ball's perpetual presence on his side...
Outside the old site of the American Embassy in Tokyo, an unidentified male, about the age of 40, committed hara-kiri (suicide by disemboweling). With a small dagger he slit his abdomen crosswise and then upward "in the classical way" and slashed his neck. Two letters were found by his corpse, one to "The People of the Japanese Empire," which was not published, but was understood to call upon the nation to rise and avenge the insult of the U. S. Immigration Act; one to "The American Ambassador and the American People...
...slit "crosswise and then upward, in the classical manner...
...Moon, in its majesty, rises above the horizon, sailing ever upward in its splendor. A cloud passes over its surface, momentarily dimming its brilliance. It emerges, and the Lady of the Moon is heard making love to the Man in the Moon. He becomes irritated by her persistent wooing, and bursts forth in anger. An argument ensues, and the teasing voice of the Lady is heard with an occasional growl from the Man. Hysterical laughter, then reconciliation and all is again serene, as the splendor of the Moon shines forth in its calm majesty. The Lady in the Moon again...