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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most of the 115 years, U. S. policy has been confined mainly to the negative side of this doctrine, keeping foreign nations out. Recently Pan American conferences, the "Good Neighbor Policy," etc. have attempted to give it some positive substance. Last week in Washington a concrete step was taken to make this policy something more than a benign theory...
...that he did not know its contents. Fanny Perkins and Messrs. Woll, Bates & Rickert, hurriedly scanning it, did not hide their feeling that John Lewis had pulled a fast one on them and on Franklin Roosevelt. When they emerged a reporter queried Mr. Lewis: "I see you've taken care of Bill Green. How about yourself...
Reinhold Faust was a peaceful old man last week, but for over 21 years he had had no peace. When he was taken to Joliet Penitentiary to serve 14 months for threatening Banker Forgan, he was in a predicament. In Box No. 198 in the vaults of Chicago's National Safety Deposit Co. he had four black powder gaspipe bombs. He solved his problem momentarily by throwing away the safe deposit...
...plan, as outlined to the Tokyo Diet's Budget Committee by Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, will provide $329,177,940 over a period of six years to supplement building now going on. The Admiral said that latest plans of the U. S. and Britain had been taken into account in mapping the program, and provision made for increases in case those countries should further jack up their building rate...
Although she does not rate as a royal highness, the Duchess of Windsor loves royal ado of all kinds. Last week the Duke bought her a truly royal present-one of the eleven Norwegian platinum fox pelts in the world. Price: $1,722.50. Some days earlier he had also taken her to Biarritz to see some royal statuary-a bust of Queen Victoria, the Duke'sgreat-grandmother, designed by the French Sculptor Maxime Réal del Sarte. If Queen Mary cannot take Duchess Wally, it is a safe bet that Queen Victoria could not have. The Victoria bust...