Word: frontiers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...known to have its spider on Swiss soil at Zurich in the person of a certain Captain Mayer. On the night of Feb. 24, 1917 Spy Master Mayer's safe was rifled by expert Italian cracksmen. For the next three days the Italian frontier was closed to keep Austrian spies from escaping from Italy. They were caught and shot in batches on the evidence provided by the spy data stolen in Zurich. Since Italians have always given credit to Baron Aloisi for this exploit, they relied on him in Geneva last week with serene confidence...
...White Front" Between fear and hope, Dutch editors have begun to speculate on whether some sort of understanding does not exist between the Netherlands Government and British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. It was he who astounded Germany by announcing, "The Rhine- that is where our frontier lies!" (TIME, Aug. 13, 1934), which at face value would mean that between The Netherlands and Germany stands British Air Power. It was Mr. Baldwin's good friend Field Marshal Viscount Allenby who made a mysterious reconnaissance of Java in December 1933 which raised Japanese suspicions to the boiling point. This was followed...
...Premier, after all, did his first big job as War Minister. Prior to 1914 he persuaded the Queen and Parliament to strengthen the Dutch frontier so heavily that the German General Staff reputedly scrapped a set of plans which was to have sent their War machine crashing across The Netherlands as well as Belgium. Today since the solution of many a World problem may again be sought in war, Premier Colijn is suspected of having tentatively and secretly reversed the most fundamental policy of The Netherlands: neutrality...
Rollicking Storm Troopers swept into a barber shop at Beuthen near the German-Polish frontier last week, seized pretty Manicurist Lotte Feingraeber. "Are you engaged to a Jew? Don't lie to us!" they roared. "Ja" admitted Lotte Feingraeber...
...Oslo, remarking, "I am going to picnic in the woods." All Norwegian radio stations then inquired for Midshipman Barr and helpful Norwegians responded by deluging the U. S. Consulate at Oslo with telegrams, notes and post cards conjecturing where he might be. Ultimately Picnicker Barr was arrested by Swedish frontier guards as he tried to leave Norway on foot. He had torn the buttons and identifying insignia off his uniform. "I am unable to produce my passport," said Midshipman Barr to the puzzled Swedes. "I have lived in the woods for nearly a week, eating berries." Since in such matters...