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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...straight 24-hr. shifts on the case until it was solved, 25 of the youngest detectives on the force were selected, because their faces would be less familiar to criminals. On the supposition that the hold-up men had left New York, Department of Justice agents were ready to begin working on the case under a new law which makes interstate transportation of stolen goods, worth more than $5,000, a Federal felony...
...Europe most connoisseurs take their green devil in the form of an "absinthe drip." Sugar is placed in a special absinthe spoon pierced with holes which is held above a tall glass. Some begin by putting absinthe in the glass, pouring water over the sugar. Others begin with water in the glass, pour absinthe over the sugar and achieve the same effect, a cloudy, greenish, diluted drink. Only fools sip absinthe straight...
Julius Rosenwald 2nd, grandson of Sears, Roebuck's late board chairman, reported to Sears' Seattle branch, ready to begin work as a clerk. Asked about the business, he protested: "Say, I'm just a kid that's starting from the bottom. I'm going to start learning something about it tomorrow. I'd start today but I've got hay fever...
...three months will the, horse chestnut trees on Paris' Champs-Elysees begin to turn yellow. Yet last week on the brief and severe Rue de la Paix autumn had already come. And on hand for its coming was an excited little army of U. S. dress buyers who crowded through closely-guarded doorways into the salons of the great Parisian couturiers. Inside the warm air was heavy with perfume and the smell of new silk. Buyers who usually paid $100 to get in (refunded on the first order) cocked their heads and adjusted their glasses as the sleek mannequins rustled...
Wheat prices in Chicago began to advance around May 1 when wheat was 78¢ and traders were beginning to see the effects of drought. Last week futures were selling at 97¢ to $1.05, spot at $1.12. Liverpool traders were more complacent: early reports on the Canadian crop had been favorable and Argentina, ignoring her export quota fixed at the London Wheat Conference last August, had plenty of wheat for sale. The Liverpool price at the end of May was around 72¢. Not until mid-June, when drought news from Canada became alarming, did Liverpool traders begin to push the price...