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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Every Belgian with a fixed income was quietly robbed by Professor Paul van Zeeland, the Kingdom's unsmiling New Deal Premier, when he devalued the National currency (TIME, April 8). This public loss left the Treasury with a public gain of 3,500,000,000 francs ($118,000,000) in the value of its gold stocks. Designating this last week as "profit," Premier-Professor van Zeeland ordered Minister of Public Works Henri de Man to spend the entire sum during the next three years on making work for Belgium's jobless...
...Guide has been an institution in the columns of the paper for the last eleven years and has always received wide comment but lacked the permanent value which the new form gives it. Prior to its initial appearance, students were able to gain information concerning their courses only from acquaintances who had previously taken the course or from members of the faculty who were interested in it. The Guide was introduced to give students a student's reaction to the courses which he had taken...
...strikers had no immediate prospect of personal gain. On the contrary, they walked out on a 50% raise in pay. Under the old FERA set-up a skilled laborer got $60 per month, worked just long enough to earn it at prevailing (i. e. union) wages. Under the new WPA setup, to which New York City relief jobs were shifted last week, the tradesman gets up to $93.50 per month, but must work at least 120 hr. for it. That means an hourly wage well below the prevailing rate...
...Marshall's offer is accepted, Boston baseball addicts can gain a fair idea of what to expect by remembering what he has done with the Boston Redskins (professional football team). After a preliminary venture into professional sport as owner of the Palace A. C. (basketball), he bought the Redskins four years ago, popped them into red silk knickerbockers. It is his habit when watching games to run out on the field, annoy officials and abuse the coach for poor judgment. If he gets the Braves, he will supply brighter and more washable uniforms, a roster of new players...
...automobile volume soared to $396,000,000, a gain of $113,000,000. Its total volume for all kinds of financing was $539,000,000 against $437,000,000 in the first six months of 1934. Net profits were $7,256,000 against...