Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time was already ripe enough to send crack foreign-tradester and Göring's right hand, Dr. Helmuth Wohlthat, to inventory Dutch finances, set up a German-Dutch economic block. Dr. Wohlthat was a natural choice to Nazify (and destroy) what was once the most complex and extensive banking system on the Continent. Only last summer he was deep in a deal whereby the British Government would lend Germany five billion dollars...
When Chase and Sanborn early this year cut their expensive, expansive, one-hour variety show with Charlie McCarthy to 30 minutes and still kept its drawing power, they started something. Onto the chopping block last week went Bristol-Myers' wry-face Comedian Fred Allen; others will probably follow him at expiration of their contracts. Allen refused to pare his Town Hall to half its former length; looked around for a new backer...
...Harvard Freshman golf team defeated Andover 7 to 2 in a match played at Belmost on Saturday afternoon. Individual winners for the Crimson first-year forces were Sargent, Tuckerman, Tesscon, and Block...
...astride him, landing furious rights and lefts in his face. The embattled editor was hauled off, and trumpeting that it was "a cowardly attempt to assassinate me from the rear," was rushed to the hospital for scalp stitches. The Governor was put to bed at the Executive Mansion a block away...
...Dorgan, author of the teachers' oath law, who refuses to accept that position. He points to a clause in the state constitution which calls on Harvard teachers to dose their pupils with correct moral principles. On the grounds that Russell's appointment violates that clauses, Dorgan is seeking to block by court action his appearance here...