Word: costs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Shanghai ("The New York of China") and Nanking-was not primarily a great feat of arms. General Chiang had not yet developed many of his great qualities. He was almost an out-&-out puppet of the Soviet Union, but, as both Japan and Russia have found to their cost, no Chinese ever fully sells himself or China...
...remade China. It also gave the lie to generations of Chinese history. Instead of rushing to seize Chiang's power Chinese soldiers and officials from all parts of the country began a bombardment of telegrams demanding the release, rescue or ransoming of Chiang Kai-shek at any cost. It was the ultimate testimony that after centuries the Chinese people had at last found a Leader. It is too early to give credence to rumors that Banker Soong was obliged to unsnarl the kidnapping mistake with millions of dollars in bribes. The more popular, official version is that The Young...
...over the partly completed job, parceled it out to subcontractors, some of whom were British. Forty-five thousand Persian laborers and 5,000 foreign skilled workers have been working on the Trans-Iranian for the past four years, expect to finish the line in 1938. The $125,000,000 cost is being met by import taxes on sugar and tea, royalties on oil-which Shah Reza recovered for his countrymen...
...cargo ships, some of which American Export will presumably buy. The specifications are for single screw steel ships: length, 435 ft.; breadth, 63 ft.; draft, 25¼ ft.; speed 15½ knots (about 17½ m.p.h. 6 m.p.h. faster than average U. S. freighters); range, 13,000 miles; to cost around $1,700,000 each and to be completed within 14 months. All must be swiftly convertible into useful war vessels...
...Credit Co. (which finances instalment sales for Chrysler), Commercial Investment Trust (for Nash, Hudson, Auburn, Studebaker) and C.I.T.'s subsidiary, Universal Credit Corp. (for Ford). Last year these four handled 75% of all new car financing (TIME, Nov. 22). According to the Department of Justice, their monopolistic methods cost the public $60,000,000. Having listened to evidence from 263 witnesses in Milwaukee, a Federal grand jury last week was ready to announce its findings when crusty Federal Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger suddenly post-poned them. Judge Geiger in his 25 years on the bench has become known...