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...breadlines, are the real sources of increased employment and prosperity," declared Professor T. N. Carver, chairman of the Department of History, Government, and Economics, in an interview yesterday. "In America today there are great demands for certain important commodities. We have in the country an ample supply of raw materials, labor, capitol, and buyers. Trained organizers are the only links in this chain which are missing, and which keep the cycle from becoming complete. Only men who have mastered the theory of modern industrial methods are capable of regulating an industry so that it will yield sufficient profits...
...Lewis (now Daily News drama critic), delved deep into the gory lore of Chicago's dirty past, took no pains to paint a pretty picture. With a World's Fair in the offing, with a concerted effort on the part of its more worthy citizenry to put raw beefsteak on Chicago's black eye, Author Smith has now changed his vein. In Chicago: A Portrait Mr. Smith, writing alone, turns to glorification...
Most U. S. exports to Great Britain consist of raw materials and foodstuffs. These are untouched by the emergency Runciman tariffs decreed last week. In 1929, the latest year for which trade figures are complete, U. S. exports to Britain totaled 5,000,000 of which only $18,600,000 were goods now liable to the Runciman tariffs.- Germany, on the other hand, exported $334,453,953 to Great Britain in 1929. of which $282,071,508 would not be Runcimanned; Russia exported $126,329,245 of which $33,507,294 would suffer. This Christmas for the first time "cheap...
...provided with all the food they could eat, all the liquor they could drink, beds, valets, and music. And inasmuch as at no time were all the guests incapacitated or otherwise absent, Penrose never left the ball room, the center of the merry-making." Typical Penrose meal: "A dozen raw oysters, chicken gumbo, a terrapin stew, two canvasback ducks, mashed potatoes, lima beans, macaroni, asparagus, cole slaw and stewed corn, one hot mince pie and a quart of coffee. All of which he stowed away while he drank a bottle of sauterne, a quart of champagne, and several cognacs...
...propagandizing president. He refused to believe that "Admiral" Gardiner had the active support of the League's reputable membership. He suspected that many a naval officer was in secret alliance with the League's activities, was egging it on to start a "backfire" against White House policies. Nerves worn raw by other anxieties, the President even threatened to "go to the country" on the naval issue. In the President's eyes "Admiral" Gardiner became a reckless and irresponsible publicist who was seeking to wreck the Administration's plans for naval economy and world peace...