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...them, whilom Mother Superior Belayeva and Sister Danilova (both of the suppressed Convent of Ekaterinburg), were further accused of being former princesses.- To their homes the Ogpu frog-marched the protesting nuns, ransacked, found 800 silver ruble pieces, 250 rubles in Tsarist gold coins, "a panful of copper coins" and 515 carats of assorted precious stones. In reporting the women's arrest as "coin-hoarders," famed Besbozhnik ("The Atheist") ominously stated last week that twelve priests have been arrested for coin-hoarding in recent months, that twelve other persons have been shot...
...manufacturers are members of world copper, electric bulb, aluminum, zinc and borax cartels...
...Copper. Following last fortnight's bearish statistics on the copper situation (TIME, Sept. 22), prices were again revised last week. Big producers who had been quoting 11? dropped to 10¼?, then 10½. Custom smelters slashed their price from 10¼? to 10½. Rumors were rampant that many large properties would soon be closed down. Although bulls found solace in the report that Western Electric during the past six weeks has bought enough copper to supply the Bell System's needs for four months, and other large consumers likewise think the present levels attractive, bears replied...
While a Norwegian sealer was visiting White Island off Spitzbergen last month and discovering the 33-year-lost remains of Explorer Salomon August Andrée & comrades (TIME, Sept. 1), an airplane full of Canadians flew northeast from Copper Mine in the Northwest Territories to King William Island on an expedition to chart arctic coastlines for the Canadian Government. At King William Island, Major L. T. Burwash, leader of the party, set out on foot with his two companions. They had not walked far when they stumbled upon something which looked like a graveyard. Digging away the snow...
...Copper Stocks. Business men listening to a radio announcer last month were amused when he said, "I see that copper stocks are up again. Well, that doesn't sound like depression, does it?" For, as all the world should know, copper stocks refers to stocks of copper on hand, not shares. Last week copper statistics were eagerly awaited, as stocks were expected to show a decrease. Instead, they showed a tenth successive monthly increase, reached 347,000 tons for North and South America, against 104,000 a year ago. This figure is the largest for refined copper since July...