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...insurance. And Italy, herself looking for insurance, wants Rumania and Hungary to get together in a solid anti-Soviet Balkan bloc. Last week Theophilus Sidorovici, leader of the Rumanian youth movement and reputed agent of King Carol II, was in Rome, where he gave the Pope a Rumanian carpet and mosaic of the Virgin, gave Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Ciano King Carol's regards. Hungarians, viewing this visit with suspicion, let it be known that Count Csáky himself would soon go to Rome...
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet...
...lamps, radio sets, suit cases, purses, wallets out of all proportion to their past needs. Economics Minister Dr. Walther Funk publicly complained that people were investing their money in bathtubs. Last week an official anti-hoarding campaign began as stories were circulated of a woman who bought six electric carpet sweepers, of others who collected copper coins, fur coats, oriental rugs...
...carpet Getulio Vargas there upon haled his debonair Director of Propaganda Lourival Fontes, to find out why Brazilian Fascism was getting a bad press. Senhor Fontes' answer was brief and to the point: Brazil's newspapers were sick of censorship...
Sold at auction were the office property and personal belongings of Sing Sing Convict No. 94,835 (ex-Broker Richard Whitney). Items: a $50 custom-made office wastebasket, $2; an L. C. Smith typewriter, $27.50 (sold to the secretary who once used it); pearl studs, $100; office carpet, $46. Total proceeds...