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...before me the magnificent vision that humanity had been gestating since man came out of the forests-the golden age of applied science. . . . Why should I mourn the fact that I have come to the end of my length of days?" It is a country of machinery, of the highest approximation of economic justice ever achieved, of medicine, of education, where Indian relics of the Stone Age still lie beside the railroad tracks, and where, in spite of everything, society evolves to create more generous, kindly and decent people. "Has man wandering in this worldly wilderness ever devised a better...
...newsmen next day the Duke & Duchess were cordial, diplomatic, blandly evasive. With a tactful eye to U. S. tourist trade, the Duchess hoped that a "great many Americans will come to the Bahamas." The Duke talked of a visit to the U. S., quipped: "The highest building when I was there last was the Woolworth. That's dating...
...faced war last year with six destroyers, less than 300 military airplanes and an active militia of just over 4,000 men, had come a good piece. Minister of Munitions and Supply C. D. Howe told the House of Commons: "Canada's industrial tempo is at its highest peak in history." Airplane production, he said, was already at the rate of 1,300 a year and would reach 4,320 next year. Eleven types were already in production, and more on the drafting board. When plant equipment is completed, the country will produce 30 tanks a month. Also planned...
...nickel from Canada, wool from Argentina and South Africa. Since RFC has only recently begun its purchases of strategic materials, these gains were likely to grow. But, for the six months, total imports were up only 18%. Result was a U. S. merchandise export balance of $773,927,000-highest for any half-year period since...
...Interior Harold Ickes (TIME, July 15) and said to be written by Poet Archibald MacLeish, the new order will decorate "all stuffed shirts, politicians or others, who prove themselves friends of Adolf Hitler ... by hampering and slowing up the national defense of the U. S.'' Highest decoration: "the American Razzberry Rampant upon a Nazi Swastika Couchant." Lesser: "the Crooked Double Cross...