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Governor Ritchie's words did not go unattacked. Governess Ross of Wyoming, Governor Trinkle of Virginia, Governor Whitfield of Mississippi protested, saying highways were the concern of the nation as a whole, that the East got much of its taxable wealth from the West...
...Pont holdings in General Motors developed from an interest in the company shown as early as 1915 by J. J. Reskob, Du Pont Vice President. When after the Armistice W. C. Durant, General Motors head, found himself unable to continue in control of the company, the Du Pont concern, under persuasion of Mr. Raskob, raised $50,000,000 on its own credit to take up Durant's stock in the concern. Since that time the value of the stock has more than doubled, and now the Du Pont stockholders are receiving very substantial dividends from Mr. Raskob...
...Colonel Amery is to combine both offices, but will have a separate Under Secretary for the Dominions as well as a separate Under Secretary for the Colonies. For reasons of convenience and economy, the new secretariat of the Dominions will be housed in the Colonial Office. But matters which concern the Department for the Colonies will henceforth be distinct from those that concern the Dominions. In this respect, the new Cabinet office is a step in the evolution of a Commonwealth constitution...
...Premier's military staff, overshadowed to a great extent the war news from the Riffian front (TIME, May 11, et seq.). Several Riffian attacks, one along a 60-mile front, were reported, but seem to have been relatively abortive in their effects. A certain amount of concern was felt by the French over the continued infiltrations of Riffian "missionaries" who, behind the French lines, preach a jehad (holy war) against the infidels (French) to the various Moroccan tribes...
...when activity is of more concern than purpose, it is gratifying, not to say astounding, to discover a publication which serves as many purposes as those delegated to the Official Program of the Harvard-Yale Regatta. That publication was designed by its publishers, the Harvard Athletic Association, to amuse the impatient crowds in case of a postponement of the starting time, to educate them in "What the Young Girl May Wear", to give them a background of crew history, and to give them, in the most approved off-hand fashion, some idea of who will race on Friday...