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...significance of the projected visit lies in the fact that only once before in the whole history of Japan has an Emperor's son ever left the shores of Japan to visit a foreign country. That was when Crown Prince Hirohito (now Regent) made his world tour...
...phase of the liquor problem faced Lady Astor and the Government. Last month air passenger service began between Manchester and Belfast. By slipping a half-crown into a slot machine on the airliners, it is possible to obtain a double whisky and soda. One question raised is whether it will be legal to operate this ingenious device before "taking off"; another, whether, while in flight over a certain area, the liquor-sales hours of that area will apply to the plane...
...crown of Albania has twice been offered to Americans, once to Jerome Bonaparate of Manhattan; once to a millionaire said to be Harry F. Sinclair. Last week, Ulysses Grant-Smith (TIME, Dec. 24), American Minister at Tirana, announced that a wandering millionaire strolled into his office to see if that there king job was still open to a live bird with plenty of dough...
...takes a hair about six weeks to grow one inch. On the crown and back of the head the hair can grow 40 to 50 inches and be not unusual...
...Wednesday morning, in the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, 1,200 highway signs, brightly painted with the Zerolene trade-mark and the Red Crown Gasoline trade-mark greeted the sun. By Thursday sunset, not one remained. They had been demolished in the interest of beauty by order of the Standard Oil Co, of California...