Word: augusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mission and my purpose," said Mr. Hsieh, "is to convey the great thanks of my master. Regent Pu Yi, to the august Emperor of Japan for so swiftly conferring diplomatic recognition upon Manchukuo...
...more unsealed Alps than any other U. S. citizen. Five months ago Alpinist Herron went to India with Miss Elizabeth Knowlton of Boston, only two U. S. members of a German expedition to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas (26,629 ft.). In August he was nearly crushed to death by an avalanche but reached an altitude of 23,000 ft. before bad weather beat the expedition back...
There, surely, was a newspicture of the month; but not for the august Times, which printed a stodgy shot of the Columbus Circle speechmakers. Through its .Wide World syndicate the Times offered exclusive morning paper rights to the print, sold it to the tabloid Daily News for $30. Evening rights went to Hearst's Jour nal which five-columned it beneath the caption: "The Camera Sees Love. Drama. Crime, Tragedy and Probable Death...
...Jersey and the boss of Socony-Vacuum Corp. did not agree last week on the crude oil price situation. But they did agree on the merits of the five-day week. New Jersey's Walter Clark Teagle, as head of the National Coordination Committee, has campaigned since August on the subject. Companies which have supported him and put their employees on the five-day schedule have included, besides his own. General Motors Corp.. Procter & Gamble Co., New York Daily News, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. A total of 3,500,000 in 3,500 companies have been given work...
...Next July and August Conductor Sokoloff will conduct an orchestra of his own on the grounds of his estate in Weston, Conn...