Word: opening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Arita and delivered to Japan in the name of the U. S. a vigorous diplomatic kick in the pants. The booting took the form of a long, strong reply to Japan's "unresponsive" answer last November to Secretary Hull's protest against Japan's slamming the open door in China to U. S. trade. Its chief points...
...Paul and William shinnied up a drainpipe to a window ledge. Windows were locked on the first story. Up they climbed to the second, crawled around the ledge until they found a window open. Past a guard (reading a newspaper), through attack-proof steel doors (ajar), into a room full of copper sheets (pennies in the raw), they tiptoed. One of them knocked a wrench clattering from a chair, but no guards came running. They took some copper clippings ($1.50 worth), tiptoed back to their window, threw the copper to the ground, departed as they had come...
...reply to Premier Mussolini last week, France left the door open for further discussion, but announced firmly that: 1) she would not cede one inch of French territory; 2) that she wished no third party to "mediate...
Choicest assignment any serious-minded newsman can get is a Lucius W. Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. Founded in 1937 by a $1,000,000 bequest from the late Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of the founder of the Milwaukee Journal, the Fellowships: 1) are open only to newspapermen with jobs; 2) pay each holder an amount approximating his regular salary, plus free tuition; 3) require no academic credits or examinations. Each applicant must satisfy Harvard that he has a definite study plan that will make him more useful to his community, his paper and himself when he goes back to work...
...Crimson open their 1939 schedule Saturday night when they tangle with the Jumbos of Tufts at Medford. The squad is in good condition with the exception of Fred Heckel, who is suffering from a few minor injuries...