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Uptown Sinclair, peerless knight of things as they ought to be, has by the legerdemain of New Deal psychology, obtained the Democratic nomination for Governor of California, and now, two months later the bonds of the Golden State have decreased one-tenth in market value. Every indication points to the fact that this timidity of capital will continue until election, when, if the former Socialist is elected, it will turn to precipitate flight...
...East. At the top of their class, the sisters-Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Vassar and Wellesley-have had no trouble keeping at or very near their top limits of enrollment. Depression has not bothered them financially. They have long complained about the fact that their endowments average only one-tenth those of their men's-college equivalents.. But what they had in 1929, invested ultra-conservatively, they have kept. No faculty salaries have been cut, no instructors dismissed for reasons of economy...
...Borneo and Ceram in the Netherlands Indies. Last week Dutch planters and oil men rejoiced to learn that Queen Wilhelmina is resolved to defend them to the last. Dutch Defense Minister Laurentius Nicolas Deckers, orating before the Dutch Parliament, declared that Japan will never dare to send more than one-tenth of her fleet to attack Borneo which is 3,000 miles from Japan...
...present fleet in the Netherlands Indies equals one-tenth of the Japanese Navy," said Minister Deckers. "Therefore we are safe. A fair fight may be expected if ever the Japanese attack...
With a measly one-tenth of the U. S. automobile market divided among 13 companies, some sort of marriage of convenience was indicated. Last week's full moon played on the following corporate characters...