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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vast is the project, so many millions of dollars will it cost, that the new Nanking will probably still be abuilding when the William Lyon Phelps residence crumbles in decay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Airport in Middle | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...problem. Last week President Hoover announced his solution of the boundary dispute. It provided: 1) Chile to retain Arica and its nitrate fields, Peru to take Tacna with its vineyards; 2) Chile to pay Peru six million dollars; to deliver all government buildings in Tacna to Peru without cost; 3) both nations to erect jointly a monument on the morro of Arica to commemorate the peaceful settlement of the dispute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: Hoover Solution | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...possible for an air traveler to fly completely around the country for an average cost of 9? per mile. The longest air line and at present the only transcontinental one is the Boeing Air Transport. Its Chicago-San Francisco run is 1,943 mi. Its nearest overland competitor is Pacific Air Transport's Seattle-Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: On the Map | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

Wages, Prices. The cost of living has slowly declined since 1922, wholesale prices having fallen an average of 1/10 of 1% each year. While prices were being kept relatively stable, wages increased, so that the purchasing power of wages rose 2.1% a year. So, while prices are slightly lower than in 1922, purchasing power of wages is almost 15% greater, thus making the wage-earner's pay-envelope extend comfortably beyond the bare necessities of life. The committee complimented U. S. industry upon its wisdom in realizing that its profits could best be based, not on an attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Hoover Committee | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

Local unions determine the number of men to constitute a theatre orchestra according to the size and type of the house. The cost of maintaining even so small an ensemble as 15 men at the average wage of $60 per week is $46,800 a year, exclusive of a conductor. The cost of installing a sound apparatus, according to the latest figures from Radio Corp. of America, is from $13,500 to $15,500 for a house seating 2,500 to 3,500; $9.000 for a theatre with a capacity of 750 to 1,250. Even plus the price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Musicians' Plight | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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