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...worst fog England has seen for years, blanketing not only London but an area of 8,000 square miles. (Total area of England 50,327 sq. mi.; Scotland 30,405; Wales 8,016.) Two steps off the curb pedestrians were completely lost. Conductors carrying great sizzling gasoline flares stalked like old-time linkboys ahead of their buses. Many a scarlet omnibus caught fire from the heat of repeatedly jammed brakes. A pair of wild ducks, lost and dizzy, dropped quacking disconsolately in the middle of the Strand. Rail traffic was paralyzed. A Wimbledon train sat on a siding for hours...
...area of land in production would be sufficiently limited so that it could be operated at its utmost efficiency without flooding markets and destroying exchange ability...
...President Roosevelt should decree special privileges for all U. S. citizens west of the Rocky Mountains; if he should order the pay of U. S. soldiers in the Pacific area raised by one half; if he should tell the Treasury to pay California fishermen 20% more than they now get for their fish-then U. S. citizens east of the Rockies might well be expected to defeat Franklin Delano Roosevelt for reelection. Josef Stalin comes up for re-election next month as General Secretary of the Communist Party-the post which makes him Dictator. Josef Stalin decreed last week special...
...combined sight & sound advertising mechanism is owned and operated by Plane Speaker Corp.. whose president is famed Charles Lanier Lawrance. designer of the Wright Whirlwind engine. The talking sign-carrier is a five-year-old bomber which boasts the largest wing- area in the U. S. Its new generators can produce enough current to light 100 small homes. Its loudspeaker is 1.600,000 times as loud as the human voice. Its reverberations can kill butterflies, stun birds. Its five operators and pilots converse inside the cabin only by telegraph...
...dealer may allow a customer the full price listed in the guide. He must deduct a charge for handling and reconditioning, ranging from 5% to 15% depending upon the age of the car. The official guide price of a Ford cabriolet, 1930 model, in the New York area is $210. The mandatory deduction (15%) fixes the maximum allowance to a customer at $178.50. Other Guide prices in District No. 2 (five passenger sedans, 1930 models): Buick 30-57, $425; Chevrolet, $195; Chrysler 70, $300; Franklin, $700; Hudson Greater 8, $265; La Salle $575; Nash 480, $375; Packard...