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...Treaty of 1906] His Majesty's Government recognized almost the whole of Ethiopia as pertaining to the Italian sphere of influence...
...dust settles it is impossible to grasp the full implications of the T.V.A. decision. This much appears certain: where the federal government is exercising power in its proper sphere, any supplementary measures, such as the purchase of transmission lines from the Alabama Power Company, and the sale of surplus power, will be upheld by the Supreme Court. In other words, the use of the "Yardstick" principle of President Roosevelt in protecting the consumer of electricity has been deemed neither the invasion of states' rights nor the violation of due process which many of its opponents have constantly charged...
...racial prejudice is outwardly visible here. Anti-Jewish signs have been removed from villages. The Stürmer, anti-Semitic newspaper, is being kept out of sight. A Jewish hockey player has even been drafted for the German team. In short, politics is being kept out of a sphere in which it has no place. . . . Only sports count and nobody thinks of anything else...
...Varsity sphere Whiteside has six major-H men and five Jayvee numeral winners as a nucleus upon which to build up his first two boats. The whole of the combination crew remains to fill in the gaps...
...Excellency also announced that if China should now sign on the dotted line Japan would "extend to her our moral and material support for her advancement." Added he: "We sincerely hope to smooth the progress of the newly established Commonwealth of the Philip-pines." In the largest World sphere, Mr. Hirota also announced Japan's desire to be helpful. After recalling that the Orientals of his country have built themselves up into a great power by borrowing from the Occident, His Excellency made this loud and ringing declaration: "Now it is time for us, I believe...