Word: beginning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some early, secret date, with 152 soldiers aboard and thousands more strung along the route, the first of some 50 armored special trains will begin moving 192,000,000 oz. of government gold worth $6,000,000,000 from New York, Philadelphia and other vaults to the great new fortress-vault at Fort Knox, Ky. Ordinary railroad charge for such a haul would be some $200,000. Last week it was revealed that the Treasury would take advantage of government mail contracts, send its gold by registered parcel post. At the standard rate of 10? per oz., the postage bill...
...Glasgow and Edinburgh view, history will soon begin to record that altogether too many subjects of King George VI are altogether too unsatisfied with what little they know about how Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin secured the abdication and departure of King Edward (TIME, Dec. 21). The fact that Edward VIII had apparently quit, and was even being called contemptuously a "quitter" last week, failed to appease the patient resolve of Scotsmen to know all, sooner or later. The adjournment of the House of Commons in London last week was welcomed by Scottish constituents as an opportunity to get their Scottish...
...Freshmen were eligible for varsity competition, outlooks for this season in track would be perfectly lovely. They aren't, however, which changes the outlook some. Now that the Freshman. Varsity meet is all finished; the pseudo experts can begin forecasts for the winter season. The only trouble is that the meet didn't tell much...
...even the Warner Bros. publicity department could straightfacedly recomend "The Captain's Kid", for the adjectives in the advance notice begin with "it is said to be". Miss Sibyl Jason is one of the cute baby actresses who set back the public with winsome appeal. Although more natural and healthy than la Temple, she is ill served by her studio. The great Duse herself would fail to delight if continually coddled by an old sea captain like Guy Kibbee. A summer resort is the scene of mild melodrame concerning a pirate treasure hunt and two gangsters up from the city...
...advanced courses the upperclassmen are given reading periods that extend from after the Christmas vacation until the examination period, and from some time in May until the finals begin. This time is set aside for assigned reading, and is used in part for preparing for an examination that may come immediately after the conclusion of the reading period. Freshmen, on the other hand, often find themselves confronted with having to attend classes until the day before an examination, which naturally makes preparation more difficult. This arrangement should be changed by giving reading periods to Freshmen in those courses in which...