Word: carriere
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were building at the time." Five days later the German Admiralty announced a naval building program for this year of two 26,000-ton battleships, two 10,000-ton cruisers, 28 submarines of which three have been launched already, and said plans were being drawn for an airplane carrier...
...Typhoid Carrier...
...wholesale prevention of disease contained an inherent danger to humanity which old Dr. Robert Koch, who discovered that germs actually cause disease and therefore that the destruction of germs would prevent disease, was quick to see. As far back as 1903, Koch warned doctors to beware typhoid carriers who show no signs of the disease, but carry in their gall bladders or intestines the germs with which others may be infected. Inoculation of such a carrier is wholly ineffective in destroying the typhoid bacillus which makes him a menace to society...
Postal's problem is not unlike that of many a common carrier. Its annual revenues, now about $28,000,000, are not sufficient to meet fixed charges after paying all expenses. The bondholders will have to take at least a temporary cut in their coupon rate, and the preferred stockholders, who have had no return for four years, will probably be asked to accept a less preferred position in the capital structure. Knottiest question will be the treat-ment of the common stock, all owned by I. T. & T. The Brothers Behn not only issued more than...
...President, contrary to custom, said that anyone who had to make an early edition could skip. Several dozen skipped. ¶ To Congress the President sent a message urging legislation to continue for another year the post of Federal Coordinator of Transportation, agreeing to postpone final coordination of railroad, water carrier, bus and air lines under a reconstituted Interstate Commerce Commission until the next session of Congress. ¶ Mme Lebrun, wife of the President of France, arrived in the U. S. on the Normandie's maiden voyage. Last week before returning on the same ship she visited Mount Vernon, Arlington...