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...peace drive. Chungking morale was already badly shaken by the Pact (TIME, April 28). One of its first visible effects in Chungking had been the withdrawal of 26 out of 37 Russian military advisers-showing the worth of Moscow's protestations that the Pact would not affect Soviet aid to China...
...political housekeepers were similarly occupied. They swept out the debris of one of the most extraordinary sessions any legislative body had ever held, made ready for the opening of a new session of Congress this month. At this session Acting President Castillo must make a decision that will vitally affect Argentina, the U.S. and the world: which world to join in World...
...sponsored part of Miss Hawley's work to learn about past cycles of drought and deluge revealed in the old trees in order to learn about future problems in harnessing a great watershed. Federal entomologists were interested because weather cycles affect the number of insect pests which they may have to fight. Meteorologists welcome the tree-ring studies because weather forecasts derive in part from elaborate past data. And archeologists can read history in tree rings: Douglass, for example, showed that the dreadful drought which started the decline of the high culture of the Pueblo Indians began...
Profitwise, the production cut is not likely to affect the industry much. The motor companies have undertaken defense contracts which will take up any slack, may even tax their ability to find management and workmen (General Motors has $725,000,000 in defense contracts on its books, and some companies, like Packard, are already as busy on defense work as on cars). Workers are being switched into making airplane engines, tanks, bomber parts, guns and shells. It has been estimated that the industry would have to employ 150,000-200,000 new men to handle the defense orders...
Figures released from University Hall show that this registration day will affect 216 Juniors, 82 Sophomores, 22 Freshmen, and 18 dropped Freshmen. Although no facts on the Class of '41 were given, it is expected that very few men will not be summoned...