Word: making
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Conference (TiME, Oct. 13, et seq.), he promised Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, that the King-Emperor would appoint him Governor General of Australia. That the King-Emperor would perform what had been promised by one subject to another in advance; that Mr. Scullin should have proved strong enough to make His Majesty do it-such was the Empire scandal in London last week. As for Sir Isaac Isaacs, he, apart from being a brilliant lawyer and an able politician, is ideally fitted to receive viceregal honors by the dignity of his present office: Chief Justice of the Australian High Court...
...OPPOSING AUTOPSY." Of Author Means the Sun said: "He knew (as no other living person) the entire confidential story of the White House. And Gaston Means-close mouthed, silent, efficient- did not talk-until-." The Sun also said: "This story is told as FACTS without the slightest attempt to make it spicy or to inject an element of sex." Other headlines on the page: "Harding's Love Affairs Involved Nation in Net"; "Girl and Babe Are Trailed"; "Family Quarrel in White House. ... 'I Never Loved You.' " The serial was started on schedule; Vancouver's reaction...
...Charles Pathe, French experimenter with kinetic shadows. Among the early U. S. picture companies Pathe became important and prosperous, famed for its comedies, its newsreels. Its symbol was a crowing cock. Into fame the Pathe rooster crowed Harold Lloyd, Pearl White. In 1927 Pathe was reorganized, began to make feature pictures successfully on a small scale. Its principal assets were a library of film stories said to be the best in the business, and the services of three brilliant young actresses-Ann Harding, Constance Bennett, Helen Twelvetrees. Last week for $5,000,000 Radio-Keith-Orpheum, lusty and successful young...
...name of the car or a dash of lightning. For the first time in history, one man designed the entire car. He was Walter Dorwin Teague, new to automobile designing and therefore fancy free. Their makers say 16 cylinders afford more power per pound than any other engine, make running smoother, more flexible. Cadillac has sold 2,010 of its big cars in nine months at a minimum of $5,350 each. Minerva keeps the old hand-horn for those who prefer it. Fierce-Arrow and Cord seem to favor broadcloth for interiors. Many cars have wide, single-bar bumpers...
When his second son Harold was killed in an airplane crash two years ago, Inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (dictograph, klaxon horn, acousticon) resolved to make some contribution to safety and efficiency of aircraft. Last week Dr. Hutchison, onetime (1913-17) chief engineer and personal representative of Thomas Alva Edison, brought forth his offering: "Moto-Vita," a device which measures the unburned gases in engine exhaust, enables a pilot to adjust his carburetor accurately in flight for complete combustion of fuel and, consequently, elimination of waste. Capt. Frank Monroe Hawks tried the Moto-Vita on a flight to Memphis, informally reported...