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During the day before the dollar's gyrations had driven delegates of Europe's six gold standard nations (France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium & Poland) nearly frantic. They feared they would be forced off gold should the dollar fall much further, and it had already dipped lower (to 76.3?) than at any time since 1864. President Roosevelt, they knew, was determined to reject any pact for permanent dollar stabilization, but would he agree to a joint statement pledging the world's central banks to steady the dollar, at least for the duration of the Conference? Such a statement...
College Humor (Paramount) is a frantic little absurdity about an institution called Midwest (football rival: Yarwood) where Jack Oakie is the dormitory dunce, Lona Andre the campus belle, Richard Aden a neurotic footballer, and Bing Crosby the professor of music. With that inappropriate calm which is his chief distinction, Crosby yodels songs called "Learn to Croon," "Play Ball," "Moon-struck," ''The Old Ox Road." Paramount, more versatile than its competitors, has two types of musical pictures. Those in which Maurice Chevalier is directed by Ernst Lubitsch are for metropolitan consumption. The others, of which this is a fair...
...ounce by the U. S. Treasury under the Thomas amendment to President Roosevelt's Agricultural Relief Act (TIME, May 22). Great powers which did not pay in full (thus placing themselves legally in default) were headed with greatest dignity by the Government of His Britannic Majesty. After frantic cabled haggling for 48 hours between Whitehall and the White House a formula was found. In Washington tall, ruddy British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay delivered to the State Department a note offering to pay 10? on the dollar of Britain's debt installment...
...gaudy blue satin dress was Charles Leef, assistant to famed Press-agent Dexter Fellows. "Gangway!" Leef cried. "The smallest lady in the world wants to meet the richest man in the world." Before Banker Morgan knew it, Leef had plunked Lya Graf down on his lap. Newscameras went into frantic action. The spectators roared with amazed amusement. Banker Morgan grinned diffidently as he went through...
That they have awakened somewhat tardily to their responsibility is attested by a frantic creation of positions, some genuinely useful and reasonable, some incredibly fatuous and wasteful. But this has been insufficient--and now the necessity for a more fundamental attack upon the problem has become apparent. To insure themselves financial security and to prevent unnecessary discouragement and strain to the impecunious, the colleges must squarely set themselves to investigate the ability of applicants to meet the necessary expenses of their support. Those who will obviously require more assistance than the college can provide should not be permitted to swell...