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...foreign traders squirmed when Dr. Malbran spoke of the good treatment Great Britain gives his country. Here was first-hand evidence of the salesmanship of Edward, Prince of Wales (TIME. March 23). Dr. Malbran further complained that whereas 86% of all South American exports to the U. S. enter duty-free, none of his country's products enjoy that classification...
...took off from Paris for Saigon, Indo-China last fortnight with two pilots and a mechanic. Their plane, the Count da la Vaulx* was a Ford tri-motor equipped with kitchen and bed, loaned them by King Carol. Their purpose: ostensibly to hunt big game; actually to compile a first-hand report on the redtape of international flying for presentation at the next meeting of the Federation. As the plane approached Allahabad, India last week a vulture flew into one of the propellers. About two hours later the propeller developed trouble, the pilot made a forced landing, the plane...
More recently Hossain has been lecturing to audiences in Europe and America on political, economic, and cultural relations between the Orient and the Occident. Years of editorial experience in Asia and Europe make his knowledge of the problems involved first-hand and authentic. As editor of the "New Orient," America's latest magazine of Eastern affairs, he is bringing before western minds the Oriental's point of view in art, religion, and letters...
...Sunday, April 12, to Saturday, April 18, he will hold a small course in planetable mapping. The course will be limited to 12 students, taken in order of application, and will be purely voluntary. During the week the class will be conducted through the environs of Cambridge to gain first-hand experience in surveying. The course is not connected with academic work, and will not allow credit toward a degree...
Planner Anderson. Most constructive was Commissioner Anderson, big. blond bachelor, able Richmond lawyer, smart Republican politician, long-time Dry. Last summer Mr. Anderson went to Europe, studied first-hand the Bratt system of liquor-control in Sweden, gathered other material on which to devise a liquor-selling system for the U. S. The ''Anderson Plan" was a highlight of the separate opinions which won the endorsement of five other Commissioners...