Word: usefully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Suddenly on Thursday, the radio networks of the Reich crashed out that thousands of Sudetens were fleeing to Germany, scrambling over the frontier at isolated points, and that at Eger, Führer Konrad Henlein had issued a proclamation before entering Germany as Czechoslovak Fugitive No. 1: "The use of machine guns, armored cars and tanks against defenseless* Sudeten Germans has reached the highest point of Czech oppression! ... It is definitely impossible for the Sudeten Germans and Czechs to live in the same state. . . . We want to return to our home† in the Reich! . . . God bless...
...Spain would be weakened by a general European war, the Rightists because Germany and Italy would withdraw their generous aid from Generalissimo Franco, the Leftists because not only would they have little chance of receiving further Soviet aid, but Britain and other maritime powers would commandeer for their own use the tramp steamers which now run food and gasoline to Barcelona and Valencia. Leftists believed, however, that they would have less to lose than the Rightists...
...across the border with 6%-8% of their original possessions. A Jew of moderate circumstances desiring to leave Germany must first surrender 25% of his capital. Then, after he has liquidated the rest of his assets, generally at considerable loss, he must either buy German goods for his personal use abroad (and pay 100% tax) with the remainder or accept German blocked-marks in exchange, since Nazi currency restrictions forbid the export of more than $12-$24 in cash after payment of passage. These blocked-marks may be sold only to the German Government Bank at a 92% discount. Last...
...Pressagent Anderson tried to explain. "Listen here, you," barked Corrigan, "when I tell you to do something, you jump." Anderson fetched Miss Underwood away from Corrigan's phone, but Governor Merriam, who comes up for reelection this fall, came to the rescue. "Little lady," said he, "you may use my phone any time you wish...
...maintained at substratosphere levels. Mainly responsible for development of a supercharged cabin was the U. S. Army Air Corps. Last week the Air Corps received from President Roosevelt this year's Collier Trophy for "the greatest achievement in aviation whose value has been demonstrated in actual use." Meantime, aeronautical science has its sleeves rolled up to attack the problem of full utilization of substratosphere speed potentials...