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Gruff, bespectacled President Coburn had tied the sprawling transport line of the corporation into the closely knit system which is now American Airways Inc. He abandoned some unprofitable lines and added new routes until it was possible to fly from Montreal to Los Angeles via American Airways. Before he took office Avco had more than 80 subsidiaries (including schools, charter services, factories, sales companies). Before he left there were less than 20. His economies reduced a net operating loss of $2,464,000 for the first nine months of 1930, to $628,000 for the same period last year...
...States Army, recent military attache in China, reports that China has great man power available with a total of 2,500,000 men under arms in military formations at the moment. Although China has all the instruments of modern warfare, tanks, air guns, and airplanes they have never been knit into the Chinese military fabric. The individual Chinese soldier is very easily disciplined and because his wants are so small is able to stand great privation...
Realizing that no tightly-knit piece could be made of Mr. Priestly's rambling and episodic story, the producers have adopted a cinematic technique by which they wander all over England in sixteen scenes. These are well thought out and deftly managed in performance...
Furthermore the visits may be taken to indicate that for the closely-knit world of the present day the ordinary machinery of diplomacy is not able to deal adequately with the actual problems presented. It is necessary to establish closer relations between the executive heads of States than can be furnished through the usual channels of diplomatic intercourse. For the Great Powers, other than the United States and the U.S.S.R., and in general for the members of the League, such closer relations are created and maintained through the instrumentality of the League, where the heads of States regularly get together...
Three weeks ago Steamship Row heard of a big Italian shipping merger more closely knit than the British and German pooling agreements. Officials of two trans-atlantic Italian lines refused to comment. Giuseppe Cosulich in New York said he had heard nothing about it. Rome despatches last week confirmed the rumors. A new company, Italian Lines, was formed with capital of 800,000,000 lire. Banca Commerciale took a 42% interest, Credito Maritime 40%; the remaining 18% was divided between the shipping companies...