Word: april
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...King of England sent the Fuhrer the birthday greetings he customarily sends to all rulers. However, the U. S. President, who customarily felicitates only reigning monarchs on birthdays, sent none. Anyhow, since the Fuhrer had not answered the President's request for ten years' peace (TIME, April 24), he owed the President a letter...
...South China Sea, Japan extended her Spratly Island snatch (TIME, April 10), took a strategic series of reefs 300 miles long. A Japanese statesman said all Japan wanted there was guano (bird droppings used for fertilizer...
...General Robert G. Menzies (pronounced as spelled, not mengies as in Scotland) was in a big hurry to get to Parliament House in Canberra one day last week. The United Australia Party was meeting there to choose a leader to succeed the late Prime Minister Joseph A. Lyons (TIME, April 17), and Mr. Menzies had reason to think he might be picked-which would mean that he would almost automatically become Prime Minister. In his great rush Mr. Menzies slipped, fell, sprained his arm. He finally appeared at the meeting with his arm in a sling and was at once...
...ARCHITECTURAL FORUM for April brought discussion of low-cost houses down to brass tacks, the two sharpest being 1) that more than 70% of U. S. families now earn less than $2,000 a year, and 2) that the 35% with incomes between $1,000 and $2,000 in good times and bad make up a vast and virtually untapped market for building. For this 35%, houses must cost from $4,000 down. ARCHITECTURAL FORUM gave architects virtually the first survey of the problems of designing houses in this price range, which they have hitherto ignored...
...Last April Su-Lin died. The body was given to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History for dissection. By last week Anatomist D. Dwight Davis had nearly made up his mind that the panda, the bear and the raccoon shared a common ancestor. He had completely made up his mind about something else: Su-Lin was a male...