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...faster than farms or factories can produce them, prices have been soaring in almost every country. Last year they rose 4% in the Benelux nations, 6% in France, 7% in Italy. They are still climbing. Such worried leaders as German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro warn that continued inflation may ruin Europe's economy by weakening its currencies and shutting off its world markets. Even Pope Paul, in an unusual message last month, took note of Italy's inflationary spiral by recommending austerity both because of "the Lenten season and the state of things...
Queen Juliana dispatched her private secretary to warn the princess that a Spanish marriage would be deeply resented by most Dutchmen, who have always hated Spain, and detest Franco for supporting the Nazis while they occupied The Netherlands. From Madrid, the secretary reported back that the engagement was off. Irene reportedly called Prince Bernhard, her favorite parent, and said she would fly home...
...Something is missing in your story about concierges [Jan. 17]. During the war, concierges saved people and property. They would run up the service stairway to warn a tenant when they realized that his callers were the Gestapo coming to arrest and deport or execute him (after torture generally, if he was in the Resistance...
When the tenant was away, often the concierge would say that he hadn't left a forwarding address when she knew where he was. Then she would manage to warn him and, moreover, would move by night the valuables in the apartment, hide them at the risk of trouble for herself, and give them back after the war. I know. It happened to me-and with two concierges...
...Council was informed it would have a committee report on parietals Wednesday and heard its chairman warn that parietals might be taken up at today's Faculty meeting. "I've never seen so much internal politicking" in the Faculty and Administration, the chairman observed...