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From, an economic standpoint the Berlin post outranks that at Paris. Germany's will-to-work, so vital to reparation payments and the stability of Europe, has put it ahead of France as a U. S. customer. In the first eleven months of 1929, the U. S. sent to Germany $369,256,518 worth of goods (oil, copper, lumber, fruits, lard, lead, chemicals), whereas U. S. exports to France were only $239,741,535 (cotton, oil, machinery, wheat). Of German goods the U. S. took $239,493,977 worth (iron, steel, coal tars, cinema film, toys, paper), while...
...loans have all been called in and new ones substituted. Taxes are collected regularly and yield much more than formerly. The export duty has been greatly reduced and Haiti is now exporting more than she imports. Altogether the country is more prosperous and better off from an economic standpoint than it was when the Americans took it over...
...first cineman to concentrate on the foreign market, from which today comes 40% of the industry's revenue. He founded Fox News and Fox Educational Department. In 1915 he opened the first Fox studio in Hollywood. _ It was Mr. Sheehan who boomed Fox Films from a production standpoint, his first great success being What Price Glory? Other Fox-Sheehan successes included Seventh Heaven, Four Sons, Street Angel. Among cinemactors discovered by Mr. Sheehan are Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Victor McLaglen...
...Briggs has intentionally dealt with our present system of Secondary Education from the standpoint of its weakness," he continued. "Considered from this point of view there is ample evidence, in the facts known to students of education, to justify also his criticisms of public schools. It is unquestionably true that there has been no general agreement, among those responsible for our present program of secondary education, upon a statement of purposes which recognizes tangible return to the supporting State as the foremost criterion of effective teaching. The purposes which have been accepted have been largely sentimental in nature. They have...
...added to the professional game. Incidentally he also expressed the opinion that college hockey right now didn't want the new offside rule. This seems to substantiate popular opinion. The collegiate officials are trying to open up the game just as the pros are doing but from a different standpoint. The pro magnates are throwing away some of the fine points of hockey in permitting offside play and are catering to the crowds in their attempt to add the spectacular to the game. The rule was not taken over this year because it has always been the policy...