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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Radio Luxembourg, the continental commercial station* to which Britons listen on Sundays or whenever B. B. C. becomes too deadly. Radio sponsor of the orchestra: Beecham's Pills, Ltd. (coupon clipper: Sir Thomas). So Covent Garden had a seven-week opera season, which last week reached its end...
...East 55th Street bloomed last week with signs: "Remember Dad." Each of 2,500 Richman Bros, employes (all but some 25 of whom are stockholders in the company, none of whom is a union member) gave 1? to buy a gift that "daddy" would like. At week's end, beaming through his bifocals, 70-year-old "daddy" got his Father's Day present: two pairs of pajamas...
...Hoover, used to announce at regular intervals that business was getting better. Not yet quite so famous are the announcements of another H. H., Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins, business-appeaser emeritus. Mr. Hopkins last week issued another H. H. announcement to spread a little recovery cheer, noting an end-of-May "pickup in activity": increases in auto sales and in post-strike coal activity...
Coal: From 2,000,000 tons a week early in May production rose to 6,000,000 'cons at the end of the month, but coal freight shipments recovered to only 84% of the March level. After a few days of stocking up by utilities and other strike-hit consumers the after-strike boomlet fell off. Meanwhile, anthracite production slumped back into its customary stagnation...
EXPLANATION This test is reprinted in TIME to enable TIME readers to prove their own knowledge of Current Affairs by the same test that was used in hundreds of schools at the end of last term. Additional copies are available for group programs, on request to TIME'S Chicago office, 330 East 22nd Street...