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...droned on for 38 minutes, read what sounded like a catalog of every job which a world conference could possibly attempt. Speaking for France broad-shouldered, big-voiced Premier Edouard Daladier called sharply for dollar and pound stabilization beside the stable gold franc. Most polished, most eloquent and most fervent was U. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull's appeal for World co-operation and lower tariffs, but it did nothing to clear up the Conference fog as to what the U. S. Delegation is empowered specifically to propose. During the whole week only three delegates made really sharp...
...decision reminded the world last week of the rich rewards which frightened Europe was willing to pay 120 years ago to anyone who could beat Napoleon. The present Duke, still a fervent foxhunter at 84, is the grandson of the Iron Duke, was three years old when the latter died. The title Duke of Wellington and the right to bear the Union Jack on his coat of arms is but a small part of his inheritance. He is a Duke in Portugal, a Prince in Holland and recipient of a $20,000-a-year pension from the Belgian government. Ciudad...
...felt the horrors of war were not willing to have their descendants endure the same experiences. "Peace, peace at any price, peace by every means, a peace above all" was the slogan of the conference, as expressed by the presiding officer. Thinking people everywhere are echoing these sentiments with fervent hopes...
...thoughts more to this side of the Atlantic than to Paris. In this "comedie de boulevards," Mario, an ambitious, if somewhat effeminate peasant, rises from shearing lambikins of the literal sort to those of a figurative sort. One of those who is unfortunate enough to have his most fervent prayers answered, he becomes the most famous hairdresser in Paris, quite neglects his wife (we thought Aline rather a sweet little girl), is society's lion, is preyed upon by all females. So tremendous is his success with his great work and the women, that he is forced to accept...
...will not pay higher taxes!" boomed a fervent spokesman for the prosperous, bourgeois mobsters. "Let the State abandon its multiple functions!* Taxes must be lowered, not raised. If need be let the State raise money by a lottery...