Word: citizenness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Whether anti-Semitism is growing in the U. S. is a question on which men disagree.* That talk about anti-Semitism has grown like a weed in the U. S. during the last decade is a fact that no well-informed U. S. citizen can truthfully deny. Yet the U. S. press has for the most part studiously, purposefully and almost universally ignored the subject. Though some segments of the press itself are not altogether free from anti-Semitic bias, its attitude in general has been a reflection of the belief of many influential Jews that to recognize anti-Semitism...
...Public regulation of schools, recreational centers, agriculture or business, once considered "dangerous," is now an accepted government function, and public ownership of railroads and coal mines, which was downright mutiny in 1890, has gradually come into popular favor. Hays predicts that "more and more the income of the citizen will be taken by the state and used for social purposes...
...Adolf Hitler, Aggrandizer of the Reich, last week celebrated his 50th birthday. The representatives of conquered nations paid him humble homage. The envoys of fearful satellites rendered respectful tribute. Albert Forster, Nazi No. 1 of the Free City of Danzig, presented a document which made the Fuhrer an honorary citizen of a town he may soon appropriate. Special delegations from Germany's allies were received in special audience...
...divisions were moved up to Poland's western border. On their part, the Poles ordered Polish Nazis to take off their distinctive white socks, and moved new divisions into place opposite the German Army concentrations. In Danzig itself, newspapers reported that Adolf Hitler would be made an honorary citizen of the Free City on his birthday...
...Senso wa zuibun aku-eikyo wo atae-ta," said many a Japanese citizen in private last week. The sentence had to be said in private because it was a grave admission: "The war hits us pretty heavily." The Japanese have come to realize all too well that their adventure in China is now primarily a currency war rather than an orthodox military engagement. Last week they began to take official notice of the fact that in the currency war, China has both natural advantages and allies with cash, while Japan has neither...