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...induced radioactivity in copper, heaviest of the dozens of elements in which this behavior has been observed. In so doing he observed a curious effect which he could only interpret thus: The flying deuton, as if daunted by the massive copper nucleus and its powerful positive charge, split just outside it into a neutron and a proton having no charge to encumber it, the neutron slipped into the nucleus, leaving the proton outside...
...head of an Army officers' junta that promised to end political bickerings in Bulgaria. Last week these two had hardly set out before Gueorguieff adherents pulled so many potent wires that the Cabinet of Premier General Petko Zlateff collapsed, resigned. The Army clique was hopelessly split. Result: Little Tsar Boris found himself again the strongest man in Bulgaria. His Majesty called in a 70-year-old friend of the Royal Family, M. Andrew Tocheff, seasoned Bulgar diplomat. When he failed to win support for a Cabinet after three days, the Tsar made him Premier anyhow by decree. "This will...
...Press, with losses guaranteed by the four existing big picture agencies (AP, International, Acme, Wide World). From responses to that letter, Lawyer Neylan plotted his offensive. Last March he trundled his artillery into the open-a "Membership Proxy Committee of Twenty-five," hell-bent to split last week's convention wide open...
...when it was suggested that A. T. & T. split its stock (last week's price: $110) so that the present $9 dividend would not draw political fire, President Gifford put down his foot. A split would merely reduce the rate, not the amount actually received by stockholders. "The company," said Mr. Gifford suavely, "should not try to hoodwink the public...
Died. Lady Duff-Gordon (Lucy Sutherland) 71. famed dress designer, long-time president of Lucile Ltd. (now defunct), Titanic survivor, sister of Novelist Elinor Glyn; after six months' illness; in London. She was credited with the first split skirt, first manikin show, first application of the word chic to clothes. A poor businesswoman, she once told a recorder in bankruptcy that she did not know what a share of stock...