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...Ethiopia (TIME, Sept. 9, 1935, et seq.). A typical Ben Smith achievement was his handling of the J. I. Case Co. stock when it tumbled during the Hoover Depression. He kept selling J. I. Case short until he had made huge gains, sloganizing nervous Wall Street at this time with respect to all stocks: "Sell 'em! Sell 'em! They're not worth anything!" Last week famed "Sell 'em Ben" Smith was close-mouthed as usual, but expansive Francis W. Rickett glowingly described his conference with General Lázaro Cárdenas, the "New Deal" President...
Died. Baroness Eva Dickson von Blixen-Finecke, 30, British sportswoman and air enthusiast; in an automobile accident; near Baghdad, Iraq. The young Baroness, second wife of Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, hunted lions in Africa, drove racing cars in Europe, in 1935 went to Ethiopia to ''watch...
...have become main military objectives of today-since aviation now permits an invading army to wage much of the war behind the enemy's lines, crack morale, force surrender. In Spain, Douhet disciples point out, the use by aircraft of poison sprays and bombs (which was decisive in Ethiopia) has virtually not been tried, and this was still true last week as modified Douhet methods suddenly subjected Barcelona, the largest and wealthiest Spanish city and the country's greatest industrial metropolis, to day after day of the heaviest, most destructive, most deadly bombing ever achieved...
...count myself as firm a friend of France as my right honorable friend [Eden] !" cried Mr. Chamberlain. "I have always taken the view that the question of formal recognition of the Italian position in Ethiopia was one that could only morally be justified if it was found to be a factor-an essential factor-in general appeasement. . . . The peace of Europe must depend upon the attitude of four major powers-Germany, Italy, France and ourselves. ... If we can bring these four nations into friendly discussion and into the settlement of their differences we shall have saved the peace of Europe...
...Negotiate with a view to simultaneous settlement of the problems raised by Italy's conquest of Ethiopia and the presence of foreigners fighting in Spain...