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...Sky-high went the wreckage in a spectacle unprecedented: bits of old illusions, old securities, old trusts-pieces of Communist doctrine-crumbling fragments of Nazi propaganda-hopeful beliefs of humble people, with here & there a genuine casualty-the time-tested and best methods of dealing between nations, diplomatic usages, conventions, complacency, the Third International, the advocates of appeasement, the believers in Hitler as a bulwark against Communism, the believers in Communism as a bulwark against Hitler, newspapermen, diplomats, intelligence officers, liberals, a skyful of hopefuls lit by the lurid glare of reality. The roar was terrific. Gleefully in Berlin Nazis...
...test the prowess of the numerous pretenders to his crown who have sprung up since his epic feat on March 26. "I really doubt whether all of them have been following the rules of the IGGA (Intercollegiate Goldfish Gulping Association)," Clark said. The record has kept on soaring sky-high, as many a lad has made his fame and fortune. At present Joseph Deliberate is accredited (unofficially) with bringing the title to Clark University by downing $9, eclipsing Gordon Southworth's 67 for Middlesex College...
...Mexican politics. Leftist money was expected to go down on General Francisco Múgica, an ardent Left-winger and Cardenas follower. The expropriation of the foreign-owned oil properties year ago, however, caused a terrific loss of Government revenue, cut down production in many industries, led to sky-high prices, and, in some cases, lower wages. Ever since there has been a growing desire among many Mexicans for a more moderate policy than President Cárdenas', and best-informed opinion last week was that the well-organized labor and peasant blocs had sensed this desire and accordingly...
...even moderately well-informed vegetarians know, the price of beef is currently sky-high (TIME, Oct. 4). Higher still-by about 1? per Ib.-is kosher beef, which must be butchered sacrificially, handled ceremoniously. Last fortnight 5,000 New York City kosher butchers-who for months have had the unpleasant job of asking Jewish housewives to pay $1.35 for cuts which last year cost $1 - shut up shop, noisily announced they would not reopen until meat prices were down...
...Christmas as King George used to do (TIME, Jan. 5, 1935). Last week efforts to persuade Queen Mary to fireside on Christmas brought an intimation of refusal from Her Majesty. When it recently became known that she had suffered a slight chill. Lloyd's again raised their already sky-high insurance rate against postponement of the Coronation. The death or grave illness of the Queen would, of course, upset all Coronation plans. Last week Her Majesty's health did not figure in dispatches but Lloyd's again raised their rates...