Word: aug
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...numerous fruitless battles with the Soviet forces, between Dec. 18, 1918, and Aug. 19, 1919, the British lost twelve other ships: the light cruiser Cassandra, the mine carriers Victoria, Verulam, Gentian and Myrtle, and seven torpedo cutters...
...Nettuno between Italy and Jugoslavia was ratified by the Belgrade Parliament last week. The Treaty tends to facilitate possible Italian encroachments upon the Jugoslav province of Croatia. Therefore Croatian Deputies blocked its ratification until their leader, Stefan Raditch, was assassinated in Parliament by a Government Deputy (TIME, July 2, Aug. 20). Few will deny that the Treaty of Nettuno was put through secondarily by assassination and primarily as the result of threats and pressure upon the Jugoslavian Government by His Excellency Benito Mussolini...
From the Scottish castle of Achnacarry, whither he had gone as the guest of its famed tenant, Director-General Sir Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch Shell Oil (TIME, Aug. 20), Walter Clark Teagle, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, last week sent a telegram. It was addressed to the London office of the Associated Press. In effect it read: "Tut-tut!" Actually it read...
...Eastman system (Kodacolor), exploited a month ago with appropriate ado (TIME, Aug. 6), uses a corrugated film. When projected upon a screen the pictures are excellent. But the screen may not be larger than 16½ by 22 in. If larger, the images show the corrugations of the film. And no copies of the film can be made...
...description of cinema production principles, see TIME, Aug...