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* At the opening of the Naval Conference the Throne was entirely removed after His Majesty's departure, thus provoking a storm of irate questions as to whether the Labor Government had intended to symbolize anything by this maneuver. They had not, but were taking no chances last week.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Indian Conference | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

The third class schedule includes riding, infantry and artillery drill, signal communications, and the firing of rifle, pistol, and machine gun. The yearlings enthusiastically burn up thousands of rounds of cartridges and turn in some remarkable records. Last year but two men out of 356 failed to qualify with the...

Author: By Cadet J. W. rudolph, | Title: Cadets Devote Mornings in Camp To Tactics, Evenings to Romance | 10/18/1930 | See Source »

"We are struggling to make the little army left to us by the Treaty of Versailles fit as possible for its task of defending the country. . . . That we are unable to devote more money than we have to the maneuvers clearly shows to what degree German disarmament has been carried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Without Goose-Stepping | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

Hard times reacted last week to the peculiar benefit of the Treasury Departmen and thereby to the indirect benefit of every U. S. citizen. It was possible for Secretary Mellon to execute a major refunding maneuver with exceptional profit. He offered for public subscription a $325,000,000 issue of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Hard Times Profit | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

Now 46, still a bachelor in spite of many reported engagements, he has retained yachting as his major hobby. As a boy of 12 he had spent his vacations knocking around the Ida Lewis lighthouse. In 1913 he sailed his yacht Vagrant from Portsmouth, Maine to Lisbon, Portugal in 23...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off Newport | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

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