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...Said the general last spring: "Charlemagne introduced Jewish Christianity into Germany. He destroyed the Teutonic faith in Woden. . . . Behind all our troubles lie Charlemagne and the Pope" (TIME, June 16). Other recent eccentricities of General von Ludendorff include an interest in alchemy and the manufacture of gold from baser metals. Consistent with his Woden worship, he published and had his second wife edit a journal called Volkswarte, dedicated to antiSemitism. Through Volkswarte the von Ludendorffs spread the news that Jews and Masons were plotting to kill certain German notables, that Jews had wrecked railway trains to increase the sale...
...will remove the same or be relieved of their licenses (see the Boston Herald, the Chief of Police or Ezekiel 23). Frequenters of such landmarks as the Loch-Ober Cafe and Jake Wirth's will be delighted to know that these historic features which have so often influenced their baser natures in the past, are to be relegated to the scrap heap...
...censorship which Chile has established over plays and cinemas, parents cannot be sure that their children will see a type of performance designed to improve their morals and character. The average modern drama not only lacks good taste and educational art entirely but generally depicts robberies, disorders and the baser passions. The Municipality of Santiago will present in our new Children's Theatre plays especially written for children only. There will be some free performances so that the children of the poor, as well as the wealthy, may enjoy this wholesome influence...
...proposition was "Resolved, That this house deplores the large part that advertising plays in modern civilization"; Harvard upheld the affirmative. J. F. Harding '30, opening the case for his side, branded all advertising as merely competitive, instead of educational; and declared that it is intended to appeal to the baser emotions of cupidity, shame, and the like. Werner, of Brown, advocated advertising because it supports mass production and thus raises the wages. G. W. Harrington '30 presented an analysis showing that it causes economic instability, and, eventually, is paid for by the consumer...
...baser, more dastardly prostitution...