Word: nord
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hats, morning coats, decorations-all the regalia of a brilliant diplomatic party last week adorned the bodies of virtually all of France's Cabinet Ministers, most of her home diplomats, many of her social leaders, in one of the gloomiest caverns in Paris-the Gare du Nord. The notables had gathered to say good-by to a good friend, wit, gourmet, an artisan of tact, a monocle-bearing, well-dressed Briton, Sir Eric Phipps, 64, retiring from the British diplomatic service after two years as Ambassador to France and after 30-odd in the service of his Kings...
After the catastrophe on the Somme in 1917, General Ludendorff was persuaded by a group of his junior staff officers to withdraw to a line running north-south behind the Canal du Nord between the Somme and the Scarpe River. By this move he saved his troops from a second Somme and shortened his line. More important, he gained the opportunity to prepare on virgin ground and far away from hostilities for defensive tactics which his bright young men, notably Colonel Fritz von Lossberg, had evolved for divisions after observing the French use for smaller units...
Hitched to the crack Nord Express out of Paris for Berlin, a privately chartered sleeping car was hailed in the dead of night at Cologne this week with shouts of "Heil Windsor!" Sliding into Berlin early next morning, the Duke and Duchess were met on the platform by Nazi Labor Front Leader Dr. Robert Ley who presented a bouquet of red roses. Excited German women cried "We schön sie aussieht" ("how well she looks!") while the Duchess' two maids pointed out to porters her 30 pieces of luggage, most of it still labeled "W. S." (Wallis Simpson...
...railroads lose money but the Government, which actually operates only Ouest-Etat and Alsace-Lorraine, pays all the losses. In fact, Finance Minister Vincent Auriol announced last week, France's privately controlled railroads- biggest of which are the Paris-Lyons- Mediterranee, Paris-Orleans, Est, Midi and Nord-have a joint capital of only 8,000,000,000 francs (about $352,000,000) but already owe the State 25,000,000,000 (about $1,100,000,000). Only way to clean up this mess, he said, was for the Government to take over every mile of track in the country...
Least poverty-stricken of the French railroads is the Chemin de Per du Nord, whose President is white-mustached Edouard de Rothschild. Last week, as his railroad was in danger of being taken out of his hands, he got his second bellyful of state socialism within a year. He was one of the regents of the Bank of France until Premier Blum booted the "200 Families" out of their ancient domination (TIME. July...