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...France entered Spain up to this week, but some 6,000 Leftist soldiers fled over the mountainous Pyrenees frontier into France, and of these some 4,000 were promptly shipped by the French back by rail to Loyalist territory. From Barcelona the U. S. diplomatic mission moved 20 miles nearer France on the coast. Leftist Premier Dr. Juan Negrin called for 100,000 fresh volunteers for the People's Army, and Defense Minister Indalecio Prieto no longer spoke of victory but tried to persuade the French that unless they sent help the methodical advance of Generalissimo Francisco Franco might...
...ideals of the League are grand and magnificent, and I'll never believe they are not ultimately attainable, but we cannot bring them nearer by pretending they are within our grasp today. Why should we mislead them by giving people assurance of 'collective security' when such assurance can only be a delusion...
...Three Smart Girls cost about $300,000, has thus far grossed almost $2,000,000. Six months ago Deanna's second film, 100 Men and a Girl, was released and immediately justified the added expenditure allowed for it. Last week Universal reported itself $750,000 nearer the black. Its deficit as of Oct. 30, 1937 was approximately the cost of Deanna's third film, Mad About Music...
Coming one step nearer the working man's Utopia, Harvard Employees will soon be able to receive the benefits of the Associated Hospital Service, it was announced last night. The plan is backed by the University...
Proponents of the Teachers' Oath repeal moved one step nearer victory yesterday as the Massachusetts senate, with four members not voting, ordered its third reading by the slim margin...