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Schenley Distillers' June quarter was better than a year ago but profits for the half-year were down $1,200,000 to $3,000,000. Reason: Schenley's liquor sales were abnormally high in the first few months of 1934, following Repeal...
...year's low of 32% of capacity to nearly 40%. Machine tool buying for June was the best in five years, better than the 15 year average, and increasing contra-seasonally. The index of power production was abreast of October 1929. The Federal Reserve Board's index of department store sales advanced from 76 in May to 80 in June, and last week's retailing reports revealed a rising clamor for goods. F. W. Dodge reported home construction, key to the building industry, amounting to $49,000,000 in June, up 87% from a year...
...Bemis was recently a visiting professor and lecturer here during the first half-year. He is the outstanding authority on American Diplomatic History and is known in particular for his writings on the Jay Treaty. In his field Professor Bemis' word is regarded as final by State Department and student alike...
Adams League B squash team continued its winning streak yesterday as it garnered a close 3-2 victory from the Rabbit racquetmen. Since the Leverett B Leaguers won the series in the first half-year and the Adams men took in the second half, a two-out-of-three-best is being played...
...during the last year. For example, an editorial in the CRIMSON for December 6, 1934, stated that probably the best way for a student to learn something about the Houses would be to allow him the privilege of taking several meals in the vari- ous units during the second half-year. . . . If the Freshmen were allowed to take fourteen meals in the Houses, this would give them an opportunity to visit each twice...