Word: northern
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ulster*-which became officially Northern Ireland when the rest of the island became the Irish Free State, now Eire-was recently shocked: from London came reports that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had agreed to discuss with Prime Minister Eamon de Valera whether the people of Ulster should now decide by plebiscite whether to remain part of the United Kingdom or join Eire. Last week Ulster was flabbergasted when tall, teacher-ish Eamon de Valera suddenly announced at Dublin that his demands go much beyond a plebiscite...
...Kingdom, blackmailed from Dublin, "must" simply hand over Ulster to Eire, according to Eamon de Valera, who last week made not the slightest attempt to spare British feelings. The Prime Minister of Eire, however, did seek to soothe Ulstermen over the head of its Prime Minister, Lord Craigavon of Northern Ireland...
...Gran Chaco (Great Chaco), bestriding the Pilcomayo River before it meets the Paraguay River, is in Argentina as well as Bolivia and Paraguay. El Chaco Boreal (Northern Chaco) is wholly north of the Pilcomayo River, has concerned only Bolivia and Paraguay...
...Spain's northern frontier a smaller, less spectacular withdrawal of foreign fighters also took place. Into France went 350 cheering men of the International Brigades, until now a part of the Leftist Army. Surrounded by French Mobile Guards, they exchanged fists with French Leftists, shouted: "They didn't need us any more. They can win all by themselves!" Arriving in Barcelona to witness the complete evacuation of the remaining 8,000 International Brigade men was a League of Nations Commission of 19 members, which included Noel Field, U.S. member of the League's Permanent Disarmament Commission...
...sedate British journal Nature a reputable scientist last week made a fantastic proposal-to create artificial auroras or "northern lights" in the thin upper atmosphere by means of radio beams sent up from Earth. The proponent was Physics Professor V.A. Bailey of the University of Sydney, Australia...