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...Paris, resolute Premier Edouard Daladier, at last able to convince Britain that she had reason to feel the gravest alarm (see col. 3), rushed French preparations to fight effectively at once, if obliged...
...Soviet-Man-chukuo border reaches the Sea of Japan. Terse Moscow communiqués said the Japanese had been "defeated," that the Soviet Chargé d'Affaires in Tokyo had been ordered "to lodge with the Japanese Government an energetic protest and to draw its attention to the gravest possible consequences of the actions of Japanese militarists. ..." A detailed Japanese official communique described a "terrible fight" in which Japanese forces worsted Soviet troops who "used mechanized units, including tanks and heavy artillery." Concluded the Japanese communique: "Soviet big guns are now bombarding Kucheng, which is a nearby point...
...Cinemagnate Adolph Zukor wrote: "The evil of producing and exhibiting coalitions is one of the gravest perils that has ever confronted the motionpicture industry. For some time past this condition has been developing and now threatens to halt the industry's progress. . . ." Last week this prediction came home to roost as the U. S. Department of Justice, acting under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and quoting Mr. Zukor's words, brought suit against him and almost every other bigwig in the cinema business. But, vast as this trust-busting procedure appeared, it was no New Deal crackdown...
...Various Conservative M.P.s representing agricultural constituencies warned that "the British farmer is suffering this spring the gravest drought since 1815 and steps must be taken before it is too late...
Short of high treason, the gravest form of breach of the peace known to British law is riot, a statutory offense and an indictable misdemeanor. In Jamaica last fortnight black natives employed on British plantations at 50? per day made efforts to obtain $1 per day such as to lay them open to the charge of riot...