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This ambition to restore ancient geographical names went even deeper. About 40 years ago, the Finnish people resolved among themselves that they would abolish all foreign names of their families, substituting therefor the ancient family names of their forefathers. It was agreed that on a given day, all Swedish and foreign family names would be dumped into the discard and their ancient family names, which had prevailed for centuries, should be restored. This program, carried out with terrible Finnish efficiency prevailed in spite of the chaotic situations developed thereby...
...Pope's nose to Reader Wiswell. A. Lincoln proclaimed: "... I do, therefor, invite my fellow citizens ... to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving...
...Hitler to give up a sizable chunk of Poland for a buffer state, and present this offer to Britain and France as Germany's concession for peace, he still had a chance-though a long one-of becoming the Peacemaker of Europe, and of taking as his commission therefor some Mediterranean and African concessions. With some such proposition Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano flew to Berlin to see Adolf Hitler this week. Abruptly-after barely 24 hours and only one talk with Herr Hitler-he went home again, and the German who saw him off was no proponent...
...swimmers. Whether Coach Uien can make his fairly well-balanced aggregation prevail against an equally well-balanced Eil squad or a star-studded Tiger team can only be discovered after the actual meets are held. The Big Three presents a trio of almost perfectly equal teams and the competition therefor will result in a Italic battle for the League crown...
...disaster; 3) a provision to limit payments to any one farmer in any one State to $10,000; 4) the recognition in principle of outright payments to farmers to make up the difference between market and "parity prices," which will be forthcoming only "if and when appropriations are made therefor...