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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Samurai (sword bearer) and protégé of the great feudal lord Mori, Soldier Tanaka mastered early the intricacies of warfare, proved a keen staff officer in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese war. Thrice Minister of War, he was a valued member of the Supreme War Council when he died. Released from the Army for the State in 1925 by special edict of the late Emperor Yoshihito, General Tanaka devoted himself to the then important Seiyukai (Conservative) Party -reputedly oldest in Japan. He soon became its sagacious leader and led it to power once more as Prime Minister...
Untimely seems the death of every great leader. Most untimely for Japan and the Seiyukai Party last week, was the death of Statesman Tanaka, whose determined methods had sometimes brought him the name of the "Mussolini of Japan...
Widely condoned have such episodes been, for Frank Lloyd Wright is rated a very original, great and influential architect indeed, although personally impulsive and improvident. Last week certain of his Chicago friends decided that they could at least overcome his improvidence. They made him become an institution with a charter. Frank Lloyd Wright, Inc. has issued $50,000 worth of preferred stock. He himself is no stockholder...
...Harkness is a director of eight railroads, he has long had a penchant for the Southern Pacific. Of each and every year he spends a part inspecting the road. Many of the employes he knows by face and name. He once remarked that his three dominant interests were "the great West," "railroad companies," and "helping to better medical education." There could be no more logical focus for these three interests than the Southern Pacific hospital. The causes of the gift are obvious, but its effects may not be so simple. A director and member of the executive committee...
...Great Northern R. R. ordered 14 locomotives. The Boston & Maine R. R. placed in operation five superpower $100,000 locomotives, ordered 1,500 freight cars. The New York Central R. R. ordered 42 electric locomotives for handling freight to cost over $100,000 each. Leonor Fresnel Loree ("Little Giant") announced that his Delaware & Hudson R. R. was constructing a $125,000 locomotive to have 14% working efficiency compared to the present 7%. Steam pressure in this engine will be the highest yet obtained...