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...March 18, 1940, Hitler and Mussolini met at Brennero. Twenty-two days later Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. On Oct. 4 they met again at Brennero. Twenty-four days later Italy invaded Greece. On that same day, Oct. 28, Hitler and Mussolini met in Florence. Seventeen days later Germany bombed Coventry. Maybe these were coincidences or maybe something is going to happen soon...
...least twenty-one National Scholarships, with maximum stipends of $1,000 each, will be offered this year to entering Freshmen from schools in seventeen states in the Middle West, South, and Far West, President Conant announced tonight...
...Seventeen members of the Varsity track team will compete in a Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at the Boston Garden tomorrow...
Under the benign auspices of Theodore Roosevelt and his Secretary of State John Hay, Panama proclaimed a republican constitution in 1904. Last Oct. 1, a determined young man named Arnulfo Arias swore an oath as President of Panama faithfully to observe that constitution. Seventeen days later he presented Panama's unicameral Legislature with a proposed Bill of Reforms to remake the constitution. On Nov. 22 the Legislature approved the Bill. Last week, in a plebiscite, the people voted it into effect. Since the voting officials distributed "yes" and "no" votes to be marked, and since Government watchers packed every...
...James H. Robinson's History of Western Europe, "during the World War . . . nearly eight million were killed in battle, and over eighteen million wounded. Of those who recovered, perhaps a quarter or more were permanently mutilated or crippled for life. The loss among the civilian populations was tremendous . . . perhaps seventeen millions of lives." These people would undoubtedly be glad to take their chances in Harvard Square, but unfortunately are in no position to say anything about it, being thoroughly and permanently deceased...