Word: somes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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For some time he has been the brains behind France's Finance Minister Paul Reynaud, in his effort to stop the flow of gold from France to the U. S. In the process, Mannheimer's health broke, his weight dropping from 264 to 143 Ibs. But Paul Reynaud...
The Japanese are a race of involuntarily short men with voluntarily short memories. Last week Tokyo newspapers published a warning issued by the Japanese Military at Tientsin: Unless Great Britain showed a more sincere attitude and stopped deliberately delaying the Tokyo parleys on Tientsin issues, the Japanese Army would soon...
Japanese spinsters, too, are making hay. Hundreds of them have been hired by the Government as Peeping Thomasinas. Some of them loiter around the luxury counters of department stores, taking notes on their sisters who squander yen on beauty creams instead of patriotically investing in Government bonds. Other, luckier maidens...
While Wang Ching-wei was trying to get in down south, Wang Keh-min was trying to get out up north. Since early in 1938 the latter has been head of the North China Provisional Government in Peking. The perfect puppet, he was educated and served as a diplomat in...
Last December the U. S. extended China a credit of $25,000,000 for farm and industrial purchases. In March Great Britain followed suit with a credit for the same amount, to support Chinese currency. These two loans put a deceptive rouge on China's pale financial face. Last...