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...past surplusses and vaunted wealth the United States has dealt niggardly with its younger diplomats and almost not at all with the graduates of its foreign service who have not ample personal means. Many young men in the consular service have been forced to withdraw from government employ because the salaries granted them were insufficient to insure even the necessities of a life conforming with the standards of living and entertainment expected of representatives of the United States, Because of the impossibility of supporting a suitable establishment, as advances in position brought added social responsibility and emoluments not in proportion...
...believe that private buying is going to employ the masses of the people again. . . . The obvious thing is to consider the immense architectural possibilities. We must accept the responsibility of rehousing all mankind, rebuilding every city in the world and reclaiming roads and countryside. I think we can well look forward to the time when towns will rebuild themselves as we now go to the tailor for a new suit of clothes...
Meanwhile, it became known, the Vatican has not decided to what extent it will use its station. It might employ it for extensive propaganda; it might keep in touch with Papal representatives throughout the world; it might institute a daily service, translated into many languages. And it might broadcast to all creation every Papal encyclical, every official pronouncement. In the face of inquiries last week the Vatican remained discreetly silent...
Died. Col. Michael Friedsam, president of B. Altman & Co. (Manhattan department store), art collector, philanthropist; of heart disease; in Manhattan. Born in Manhattan some 70 years ago (not even his friends knew his exact age), son of Collector of Internal Revenue Morris Friedsam, he entered at 17 the employ of his cousin Benjamin Altman. In 1913, at Mr. Altman's death, he became president of the store and of the Altman Foundation (philanthropic). His military title was earned as Quartermaster-General of the New York National Guard during the War. His $10,000,000 art collection he bequeathed...
When informed that he had won $1,723,083, Emilio Scala shouted: "Now I will, go to my village of Isola and settle down." He said he would share his winnings with the 39 members of his family who had pooled $2.50 to buy the ticket, employ physicians for his ailing wife...