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...Although the quake zone is in a volcanic area, I firmly believe the earthquake was due to tectonic causes, that is, it was the result of the enormous and persistent work of erosion done by the incessant flow of great bodies of underground water. We must absolutely exclude the theory that the quake was due to the present activity of Mount Vesuvius. The volcanic centers in the stricken zone gave not the slightest sign of activity at the time of the quake...
...same reasons that air transportation is necessary to Canada (great area, scattered population) it is likely to be costly (long hauls, light passenger loads). Nevertheless the industry there has made tremendous strides since 1919 when a few military aircraft were released for civil works (TIME, Jan. 27). Of 88 companies engaged in commercial operations, ten are operating scheduled services over 6,984 mi. of airways. Last year Canada's air lines carried 86,242 paying passengers, 430,636 Ib. of mail, 3,903,908 Ib. of freight and express, flew...
...which displayed the first mural painting ever undertaken by bald, busy, noteworthy Artist Rockwell Kent. Not only is "The Cinema's" ceiling the first Kent mural, but the theatre's proprietors declare that it is the largest single canvas in the world-6,400 sq. ft. in area, almost three times the size of Tintoretto's "Paradise" walls in the Palace of the Doges.* Pale monumental figures float upon it among brilliant clouds and stars. while a vivid comet's tail streaks across from projection box to screen. Artist Kent, assisted by Jo Mielziner...
...City of London (Lord Mayor, Sir William Alfred Waterlow) has an area of 675 acres, slightly more than one square mile; its population is less than 15,000. The City of New York (Mayor, James John Walker) covers many square miles; last week its population was announced as 6,958,792. But the City of London and "Greater London" are far different things. Greater London, in the County of London, comprising many an autonomous municipality, contains 7,742,212 people...
...within a 40-mi. radius of the City Hall?to have about 11,000,000 inhabitants, exceeding the aggregate 1930 population of Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia. London's total population for a like area is estimated...