Word: gold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hitler's financial Merlin, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, who was acquitted of war crimes in Niirnberg, was back at the old stand with a sure cure for Germany's ailing finances. In a new book, Schacht called for a return to the gold standard and a billion-dollar U.S. gold loan to Germany to back the mark...
...Chung-hsi, who had screened Canton for six months, was retreating westward to the general's native province of Kwangsi. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had chosen Formosa for his own last stand, though there were reports that he had at last agreed to part with some silver and gold from his war chest for Chungking's defense...
...Bogota's plush-and-gold Colon theater, 500 blue-ribboned Conservative delegates last week nominated pouchy-eyed Laureano Gomez, 60, as their candidate in next month's presidential elections. In Colombia, which has seen little peace since the Bogota uprising of April 9, 1948, this amounted to a declaration of bitter political-if not civil...
...Adams-Lowell game, the Gold-Coasters scored at will, with tailback Sherry Heath earning most of the points. For the losing Belboye, Mike Post was outstanding offensively and Godfrey Birckhead defensively...
...Gold Coasters scored the game's only touchdown one minute from the half. Starting from their 40, they galloped 60 yards on a series of runs by Roger Davis, who eventually scored...