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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Deems Taylor, clever American musicmaker, has written a score for the cinema (TIME, Aug. 4). The innovation has been duplicated in France; Darius Milhaud, one of the leaders of Paris's younger set of tonal wits, has composed the musical accompaniment to the new picture L'lnhumaine, which features Mme. Georgette Leblanc...
...great "temple of art," having been sold to a cigar store corporation, will eventually be turned into a five-and-ten-cent store. Aeolian Hall, Manhattan, bought two weeks ago by the Schulte Cigar Stores for $6,000,000 (TIME, Aug. 11), has been leased to the Woolworth Co. for a term of 63 years. Says the official announcement...
...attempt to radiocast a diver's voice from the seabottom having been successfully carried out in Philadelphia (TIME, Aug. 11), the Radio Corporation of America last week radiocasted the voice of an aeronaut, a mile above the earth...
Those astronomers who specialize in planetary lore are enjoying a treat since Mars is now at its closest point to the earth. The actual date of nearest approach is Aug. 23. At this time the planet is only 35 million miles away as against a possible distance of about 63 million miles when the two planets are at opposite sides of their orbits. These approaches, such as the present, occur every 26 months or so, but there is a variation of some 2 million miles in the nearness depending on what part of their eliptical orbits the two planets...
Unfortunately, conditions in the oil business got steadily worse, owing to overproduction. Nor has this tendency yet been checked. For the week ending Aug. 9, production of crude increased over the preceding week 5,850 barrels daily. Stocks of both crude and gasoline have become unusually great. Not until these stocks can be reduced and higher prices secured will any lavish dividend policies in the oil business be generally witnessed...