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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...arranging musical instruments before a microphone has increased the illusion of reality almost as much as the widened tonal range of most of the modern receiving sets. With many of the earlier loudspeakers, the only sounds possible to their narrow compass were the modulations of the crooner (an express specialization for the radio) or the stridencies of the more African jazz. But dance music is returning to melody, popular singing to full vocal range, and pari passu the more artistic euphonies are coming into their...
N.S.L. members may and do held a variety of opinions on political and other issues not covered by the N.S.L. program. And they may, of course, express these opinions freely, without thereby committing the N.S.L. as an organization. A. K. Philbrick...
...suggestion he agreed to wire his clients for permission to open his files. Two days later he calmly admitted to the Committee that the evening before during a heavy snow storm, Colonel Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin, president of Northwest Airways, and Gilbert Givvin, secretary to the President of Western Air Express, had gone to his office and with his consent and assistance taken away papers which the Senate wanted. Then followed his arrest. At Mr. Black's request the Senate cited Col. Brittin (who had destroyed his papers), Mr. Givvin (who returned papers said to be the same as those...
...Passenger express trains run twice a week between Moscow and Vladivostok. The trip takes ten days. First class one-day fare (sleeper and diner) is about $300. Passengers from Moscow to China change at Manchouli to the Chinese Eastern which carries them to Changchun, capital of Manchukuo, where they take the South Manchuria or Peiping-Mukden line...
...highly local question of Borneo, directly opposite Singapore at a distance of 350 miles, it was impossible for a British or Dutch officer in active service to express himself publicly last week. What can be said was very well said at The Hague last month by Queen Wilhelmina's onetime Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands East Indies (including Borneo) defense forces, Lieut-General Gerth...