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...Street from the ungainly American Museum of Natural History, the New York Historical Society boasts and refuses to transfer 464 of the most important original watercolor drawings of John James Audubon. Other treasures include rooms full of historical portraits, the Isaac J. Greenwood Collection of 405 watercolor drawings of powder horns...
...Italy could never allow a Communist country to dominate the western Mediterranean. If the war works itself out, General Franco may become the military head of an impoverished country with the bulk of the working class opposed and the nations which sent him troops clamoring for return favors. Another powder barrel may be put in the magazine of Europe. The alternative is an armistice while the outcome of the war is still in doubt, and the erection of a moderate government to avoid the excesses either side might commit if victorious. However dream-like and impossible this solution may prove...
After three postponements due to lack of snow, the field of 30 skiers were rewarded by perfect conditions, fast powder snow and brisk, cold weather Times were fast: the first three men averaged about 30 miles per hour over the treacherous one and one-fourth mile course...
Died. Count Francisco Matarazzo, 86, "Brazil's richest man," Italian-born Sao Paulo industrialist; after brief illness; in Rio de Janeiro. The Matarazzo United Industries produce rice, starch, rayon, cotton, liquor, fish oil, fish meal, lipstick, face powder, sugar, motion pictures, vegetable oils, linseed oil, iron and aluminum products, castor oil, coffee, flour...
Reporting a 14.5% increase in sales of explosives, a 41.8% increase in other nitrocellulose products like artificial leather, Atlas Powder Co. showed profits of $1,430,000 in 1936 as against $1,161,000 the year before. Hercules Powder Co. also famed for its dynamite and blasting powders, reported a profit of $4,284,000, compared to $3,175,000 in 1935. From bananas, ships and sugar United Fruit Co. made $14,176,000 last year as against $10,359,000 the year before. The white-uniformed salesmen who cry their wares from U. S. roadsides helped Good Humor Corp...