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...three other notable French ships have been damaged or destroyed by fire: the luxurious Paris, damaged while lying passengerless and crewless at her pier in Le Havre in August 1929; the ancient Asia which burned and sank while carrying Moslem pilgrims to Mecca (TIME, June 2, 1930); and the brand new Georges Philippar, burned and sunk at sea last May with a loss of 52 lives while returning from her maiden voyage to the Orient. Since French Indo-Chinese Communists had openly threatened the Georges Philippar, suspicion of incendiarism was reasonable, but the French Government, though it investigated, has kept...
...British" campaign has not been successful. When patriotism is advanced as the principal argument for buying a certain article, the impression is created that, aside from patriotism, the article is not the "best buy." Many of the stamp-canceling machines in British postoffices which brand envelopes with "Buy British" were made in the U. S. -On grounds of patent and trade mark infringement General Electric Co. obtained an injunction in San Francisco last week, restraining Heyman & Co. from importing Japanese electric light bulbs, announced that it planned similar action against other importers...
When imams threatened to suspend services in the mosques and hide the prayer rugs, the Government announced that it was holding 400 brand-new prayer rugs in reserve, threatened to produce "newly trained muezzins who know the Koran in Turkish and are ready to jump into the breach...
Obviously 'Coach Stubbs' men were not playing the sterling brand of hockey that they have sprung on several occasions earlier in the season. deGive was not in the best of form and Torouto seemed to be able to surround and block off the Crimson sextet at will. Fifteen Harvard spares went in to stem the tide but could not stand the pace. Baldwin saved the team from a white-wash by an unassisted score two minutes before the close of the game. Both Princeton and Yale have succumbed...
Lunch hour crowds, strolling down Threadneedle Street, paused to glance up at the brand new facade of the Bank of England, now being splendidly rebuilt on its old site while business goes on as usual. Bus drivers and bankers, typists and tycoons thrilled at the knowledge that on this day "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" was dipping into her chilled steel purse for the largest lump sum she had ever paid in gold in a single day, $95,550,000 worth, weighing about 150 tons and consisting of 11,500 bars...