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...Farley: a three-ton truck fitted up as a philatelic museum, displaying 535 varieties, representing every U. S. stamp. Announced value was $1,000,000, although the displays are unused, unsalable, imperforate proofs from original plates. Visitors to the truck can buy a 10? history of U. S. philately, current and commemorative stamps. Hot off a tiny press, they get blue souvenir stickers of the White House portico where Philatelist Roosevelt last week dedicated Jim Farley's truck...
...Prague as an "unofficial mediator" to arrange a "peaceful settlement" to the Sudeten German problem. Lord Runciman was eminently successful. Last week, on his way home from a world-circling vacation trip, he arrived in Montreal, Quebec, was questioned by newshawks on his availability as a mediator in the current Danzig dispute. Cracked light-hearted Lord Runciman: "You wouldn't want me to do that all over again...
...have a life of 250 to 300 hours, but the smaller "A" batteries may have to be renewed after 100 hours of use. The average portable's running cost thus is approximately 1½? per hour, about three times that of operating a plug-in set on house current...
...operate on heavy-duty, "air cell" batteries. Key to the 1938-39 portable is a low-drain, 1.4-volt tube developed last year. This tube, requiring slightly less "A" voltage and only 90 (instead of 135) volts for the "B" circuit, uses about one-third as much current as the 2-volt tube...
...memory of John Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren and Lincoln, a man grounded in monetary horse sense and practical national finance will propose stamp scrip as payment for all new government expenditures, and for the payment of such part of their employees' salaries as they normally spend on their current expenses...