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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Home from the London Naval Conference, Admiral Giuseppe Sirianni, ranking expert of the Italian delegation, reported to the government of Signer Benito Mussolini on the general world naval situation. Next day the cabinet released copies of Italy's current warboat building program - prepared weeks ago but ominous enough to seem to Frenchmen like a postConference threat. Twenty-nine fighting ships will be laid down this year and built at a cost of $40,000,000: one 10,000-ton cruiser; two 5,100-ton flotilla leaders; four 1,240-ton destroyers and 22 submarines. At London Italy signed...
...fired for not knowing jazz. He started a band of his own, borrowed money enough to take his men east where he got a job in the Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City. His pianist, Ferdie Grofe, a brilliant technical musician, helped him greatly toward fame by his skilful arrangements of current songs. Whiteman himself can tell little about a composition from reading it; he puts in most of his own touches in re hearsal. Famed in the trade for his busi ness acumen, he hires the best and most expensive players, keeps them in a good humor. He paid his former...
...positions, that of assistant scientific aide and that of junior scientific aide will be filled in the civil service as a result of examinations to be held soon, applications for which must be in by June 10 of the current year...
...points which Mr. Barnes said were the significant phases of the survey could not be said to be bullish by themselves: "1) American industry is fully carrying out the construction program forecast by them last December when the Conference met; 2) A manifest adjustment of production of goods to current consumption; 3) Continued cautious, prudent merchandising policies in retail distribution; 4) The evidence on our foreign trade problems of trade disturbances in other countries...
Some of the reports seemed extremely vague. Under "Iron and Steel Industries" it was revealed that "production of furnaces and mills has kept closely in line with current demands." Also slightly irrelevant seemed the statement that whereas production has been at 74% of capacity, in 1927 this would have been 80%. On the other hand, the news that the telegraph and cable business showed upturns in April, the former now running better than a year ago, was just as decidedly bullish as the report that hardware payrolls in March were off 20% from a year ago was bearish...