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...fighting in their defense. They are more than willing, however, to accept Russian planes and munitions. Off early this week from London for Moscow was Soviet Ambassador to the Court of St. James's Ivan M. Maisky. He was carrying home to Dictator Joseph Stalin and Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff the outlines of a plan of "limited aid" in case of war. Far from being insulted at being told that only one kind of support was wanted, Russia was expected to be elated. A successful defense of Poland and Rumania would mean that never would Joseph Stalin...
Above the reception room mantel was a stone-hewn hammer & sickle and a portrait of Dictator Stalin. Drinking champagne, but not touching the bountiful caviar and vodka, Mr. Chamberlain stood below a portrait of Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Maximovich Litvinoff all evening, talked with Comrade Maisky for a half hour, departed at n p.m., whereupon the orchestra began to swing...
...Black Hawks, dual control will be novel, but a change of managers in midseason is nothing new. Owner Frederic McLaughlin, polo-playing millionaire coffee man, apparently has put great store in the old sport maxim, "Pan the players and can the coach." In 13 years he has canned ten managers-a record for major-league hockey. "He tried almost everyone except Irene Castle [his divorce-seeking wife]," one sportswriter commented...
...young man who believes in Horace Greeley's famed maxim is balding Banker Guy C. Myers of No. 35 Wall Street. For several years Mr. Myers has been going West with profit. Last week he turned a neat profit in Nebraska...
...Liberte" and Charlie Chaplin in "'The Floorwalker." February 9, "The Wave" (Mexican) and Charlie Chaplin in "Burlesque of Carmen." March 2, "Crime and Punishment" (French) and Charlie Chaplin in "The Adventurer." March 23, "Shame of a Nation" (German) and Charlie Chaplin in "The Immigrant." April 13, "The Youth of Maxim" (Russian) and Charlie Chaplin in "The Cure...