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...film instead of a burst of bullets. After a sham battle, the pilots can see, precisely, where shots would have gone had they been firing a real gun. If there is any argument as to who "hit" first, the question is instantly settled by the time recorded to a split second on the film. List price of a machine-gun camera...
...whole the company has been in the red for years, though losses in any one year since 1930 have never exceeded $100,000. By splitting into its two component parts, Fairchild will give stockholders the benefits of the camera and survey earnings, leave the engines and aircraft to stand or fall by themselves. Another reason for the split is that the expanding aircraft division will require additional capital, which would dilute the equity in the self-sufficient camera and survey business...
...engaged in seizing supreme power for himself and his following of Catholic bigwigs by a drastic Cabinet decree in effect making the Chancellor a Dictator. He was able to make this move because the 120,000 irregular "troops" of the Austrian Heimwehr had fortnight ago divided in a split so drastic that Vienna Heimwehr Leader Major Emil Fey last week actually challenged to a duel the aristocratic founder of the Heimwehr, Prince Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg. Sly Dr. Schuschnigg has for months been taking discreet measures to under mine the Prince's power and last spring jockeyed...
...roses from his wife, marking his tenth wedding anniversary. The roses also served as a remembrance for his 42nd birthday. Meantime Mr. Alexander's Masonite published its annual report for the fiscal year through August showing record profits, celebrated its tenth business birthday, announced a refinancing plan and split its stock...
Only for the stock split was there a strict precedent. Masonite enjoyed another split in 1928, that time 10-for-1. The shares that resulted sold as low as $3 during Depression, as high as $101.50 this year...