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...Germany which: 1) enhanced the value of the aski mark by nearly one-fourth as compared to the Rumanian lei, thereby giving Germany more for her money; 2) increased the yearly sale of Rumanian oil to Germany from 1,200,000 tons to 1,820,000-about 50% above pre-war levels but not enough to provide more than one-third of Germany's peacetime needs, let alone war needs. Rumor had it that to obtain these advantageous terms Hitler guaranteed Rumanian boundaries. Whether the guarantee will be good if Stalin invades Rumania remains to be seen. Also...
EUROPEAN JUNGLE - Francis Yeats-Brown-Macrae Smith ($3). England's yogi-man (Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Yogi Explained} submits a hot-eyed appraisal of pre-war Europe. Yeats-Brown's arch-enemies are Communism, Atheism, Internationalism, Pacifism. Hitler, "a great man, whatever his failings . . . great in spirit," is favorably compared with Gandhi, T. E. Lawrence. France is "one of the most enjuivé [Jewridden] countries in Europe . . . nothing but a dictatorship can save [the French]." Readers who must grant the author the courage of his two-thirds fascist convictions, supported by no little factual solidity, will...
...manufactures, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals. Striking was the fact that the war-waging United Kingdom, normally the best customer U. S. has, took delivery of only $31,026,000 of goods-$21,000,000 less than in October, $7,000,000 less than her average for the eight pre-war months. Deliveries on most orders placed since war had not yet begun in November...
...Navy, operating out of Russian and Estonian bases, first seized the four small, unfortified islands-Hogland, Seiskari, Tytär, Lavas-which had figured in Russia's pre-war demands on Finland. Farther west, to protect the vital Aland
...were abroad attending to Europe's affairs, the men who came back were more than the "average" college man. When they started to roll they didn't like to be stopped, and Harvard's Rose Bowl team finally won 10 to 3, with Eddie Casey performing as in the pre-war...