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...state." Students at Kaunas, Lithuanian capital, rioted against the Government; anti-Semitic outbreaks occurred there and at Memel. At Memel, the Directory dismissed Lithuanian State police, replaced them with Memel Nazis. The day did not seem far off when Nazi agents, using Memel as a base, may harass President Smetona into resigning or recalling Valdemaras. In either case the probable result will be the same: the Lithuanian Government will follow Hitler's orders, will accept German annexation of Memel, and, with Vilna held before it as bait, will like Czecho-Slovakia become a stooge for Germany...
...Times would immediately pay $1,000 to any charity the Tribune might name. The statement in question: "La Follette's so-called [Civil Liberties Committee] inquiry was conceived by John L. Lewis, dictator of the C. I. O. and political ally of Mr. Roosevelt, and used to intimidate, harass and smear employers opposed by the C. I. O." Chicago is 144 miles from Madison. At week's end the Tribune and its publisher. Robert R. ("Freedom of the Press") McCormick. had given no sign of hearing or accepting the challenge...
...factor of safety plays such a large part, the greatest variable is the weather; and until technical instruments are radically improved, men and planes will surely come to grief. The weather is a basic factor in the creation of what is euphemistically known as the national dividend. It can harass a farmer, make or break his harvest; it can ruin an otherwise good haul of fishermen, or wash out incredibly expensive roadways. All this destruction could be mitigated with more research and less of the present guesswork...
...Deal defined: "The organization of the nincompoop majority whose object is to harass and exploit the producing minority...
...coast of France, Dr. Alexis Carrel told a French newshawk: "I pray you, do not try to see him. Since the great misfortune and trial that befell him, Colonel Lindbergh has changed a great deal. He is hypersensitive and wants only quiet and to be forgotten. Do not harass him. He has suffered enough. Leave him alone...