Word: chain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proud of having cut his Cabinet down to 13, proud of having rolled Army, Navy and Air into one Ministry of Defense.** Richer in gold than she has ever been before (see p. 17), France is now rushing to discreet completion the most powerful and most adroitly concealed chain of fortresses ever constructed since the world began. In the next nine months alone the new Ministry of Defense will spend $600,000,000, according to budget estimates published last week. Secret, France's defense program is nevertheless known to consist of a series of fortresses, largely subterranean, strung like...
...from Paramount-Publix Corp. last month, were guessing his plans. Popular, an excellent salesman, Manager Kent was an Adolph Zukor protege. His resignation was sudden. Theories heard last week boiled down to two: 1) Mr. Kent resented the increasing power of Sam Katz (cofounder of famed Balaban & Katz theatre chain) in the company; 2) Mr. Kent had quarreled with Taximan John Daniel Hertz, leader of Paramount's new management. Every producer was said to be angling for Mr. Kent last week, with RKO, now 60%-owned by Radio Corp., thought to be an especially eager dickerer. Meanwhile Hollywood wondered whether...
...will manage the 550 theatres of the Wesco group. Chief assistant to Spyros Skouras will be Lester J. Ludwig, formerly in charge of the Finkelstein and Ruben theatres for Paramount-Publix. Only Fox Theatres still being operated by the Fox Company are some "de luxe" houses and the Poli chain in New England. Stock-holders heard with alarm that famed Roxy Theatre must drop its name because Samuel Lionel ("Roxy") Rothafel has gone to Radio City...
...sell its time to preachers, would instead put on its own "Church of the Air." Many people believe that this change of policy was caused by the broadcasts of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin from the Shrine of the Little Flower of Jesus near Detroit. Father Coughlin organized his own chain, has since broadcast to a large audience. Last week The Christian Century, while calling Father Coughlin "erratic, illogical, cheaply sensational," expressed alarm at continued attempts to have him excluded from...
...helium nucleus of four protons is clumsy chain-shot for atomic bombardment. Drs. Tuve, Hafstad & Dahl now surpass radium by shooting single protons from their gun. By means of a cloud chamber they are now able to see and photograph the stream of protons from their machine. The effect looks like a stubby shaving brush with bristles 1.6 in. long. Each bristle is the path made by a proton only one 10,000th of null millionth of an inch in diameter...