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Lunch hour crowds, strolling down Threadneedle Street, paused to glance up at the brand new facade of the Bank of England, now being splendidly rebuilt on its old site while business goes on as usual. Bus drivers and bankers, typists and tycoons thrilled at the knowledge that on this day "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" was dipping into her chilled steel purse for the largest lump sum she had ever paid in gold in a single day, $95,550,000 worth, weighing about 150 tons and consisting of 11,500 bars...
Whatever their private opinions of Christianity, Japanese shopkeepers are ardently in favor of Christmas. Tokyo's great Shirokiya's stores-rebuilt in glass and concrete after the earthquake of 1923-held a special Christmas sale last week. Colored lights hung from the balconies. On the third floor there was a huge Christmas tree, loaded with celluloid ornaments. Price tags on every table called attention to Shirokiya's bargain day-the managers are proud of the fact that they were the first store in Japan to adopt the one price system, now employ 1,300 people. There...
...every structure on Manhattan Island were destroyed and the entire community rebuilt with the latest inventions, the reconstruction would pay for itself in 20 years...
Rumania has learned to sit up and do tricks when France cracks her whip, usually by offering or withholding a loan. Last week Bucharest's whole political setup was knocked down and rebuilt to please Paris...
...every structure on Manhattan Island were destroyed and the entire community rebuilt with the latest inventions, the reconstruction would pay for itself in 20 years...