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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Observers remarked two notable mainsprings of this contretemps: 1)The impassioned mass meetings which were held at Paris, Marseilles, Dijon, Nimes-in fact all over France. At these gatherings taxpaying voters protested fiercely against increased taxation and demanded instead the curtailment of Government expenses. 2) The party situation in the Chamber, which continued as a potpourri of recalcitrant "blocs," whose leaders appear to endorse the sentiment "every man for himself and the devil take the franc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Briand, Doumer & Co. | 12/28/1925 | See Source »

Captain Clauzat of the French Army Air Service holds the world's altitude record with a 250 kilogram load carried to 30,406 ft. Trying to beat his own record at Dijon, last week, he saw flames bursting from the motor. Prompt work with the fire extinguisher apparently stopped the fire. In a hurried descent he found himself "pancaking" upon Liegard Woods. Still 100 ft. or more from the ground, Captain Clauzat undid his belt, and a moment later jumped 15 ft. into the branches of a tree. He alighted without so much as a scratch, but saw with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Twice Aflame | 5/18/1925 | See Source »

...candlepower at the terminals, smaller beacons every 25 miles and emergency landing lights every three miles. The French are following in our footsteps by inaugurating night flying and will have one beacon of even greater candlepower. This will be located at Mont St. Afrique near Dijon, 2,000 feet above sea level, operated at 8,000 volts with a candlepower of one billion-some 20 times .more than the most powerful marine lighthouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Bermuda and Return | 5/4/1925 | See Source »

...Scholarship, instituted in 1917 in memory of V. E. Chapman '13, who was killed in the world war, has been awarded to Marcel Barbier of Dijon, France, who will study in the Graduate School of Business Administration. He is an engineer, who has received his B.S. degree in 1918 at the Lycee Carnot in Dijon, and his M.E. at the National School of Mines of St. Etienne in 1922. For a year he has served with the French Mission of Control of the Ruhr Mines at Essen, and with the Industrial Mission of Works and Mines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOREIGNERS RECEIVE VARIOUS AWARDS | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

Besancon, Dijon, Grenoble, Nancy, Paris, Portiers, Strasbourg, and Toulouse, are the educational centers where the committee has made arrangements for the American party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED FOR STUDY IN FRANCE | 3/16/1922 | See Source »

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