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Efficiency. The roads have practiced every sort of economy to cut down operating costs. As proof of efficiency, they increased ton-miles per train-hour from 7,506 in 1921 to 10,839 in 1930. Freight locomotive miles per day were raised from 49.5 in 1921 to 58 in 1930, passenger locomotive miles from 103 to 116. Coal to move 1,000 tons one mile was cut from 162 Ib. in 1921 to 121 in 1930. A passenger car required 17 Ib. of coal to run a mile in 1921, 14 Ib. in 1930. Cited was Secretary of Commerce Hoover...
...Sunday-supplement lore, the Hope diamond is "accursed." When the McLeans' firstborn, Vinson Walsh McLean, was killed by an automobile, gum-chewers promptly accepted the tragedy as further proof of the diamond's "curse...
Sooner or later it was inevitable that, as autogiros came into common use, there should be crackups. Some day, no doubt, one of those accidents will cause death. The safety features which insure the 'giro against tumbling plummet-like from the sky are not supposed to be proof against every fault of piloting. Builders of the ship may well have wondered in idle moments, How serious will be the first accident to ''crash'' U. S. headlines? Who will be the pilot? A foolish stunt flyer descending into a busy street? A drunken playboy flying into the side of a skyscraper...
...first once a week, then three times. Radio listeners liked his voice?high, sweet, and vaguely Irish?so much that a month later he was given a chance to compete with Blackfacists Amos 'n Andy whose grouchy arguments were considered an impregnable favorite with dinner-table audiences. The final proof of an immense, mysterious appeal was then found in the fact that some listeners, although not most, preferred Downey...
When a good actress finds that a picture has been stolen from her it may be a tribute to her artistry as well as proof of experience. It would be inexact to say that Lionel Barrymore steals this picture from Norma Shearer, but the role of Jan Ashe is certainly less well suited to her crisp and brilliant personality than others she has played in recently (Let Us Be Gay, The Divorcee, Strangers May Kiss). Barrymore drew a fat part - his first since he decided to be a director two years ago -and made the most of it. The vogue...