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Instantaneously Edward of Wales be came King Edward VIII, although for malities and proclamations will continue for days. The funeral must be delayed sufficiently to give the World's great time to reach London. Then months of mourn ing must pass before the coronation of His Majesty King Edward VIII...
Even before Arthur B. Davies' death in 1928, Mrs. Rockefeller had developed a sharp nose of her own for talent. Tramp ing through galleries, she has spotted many a promising newcomer. She was the first collector to buy a painting by an aged Pittsburgh housepainter named John Kane, who before his death in 1934 became the high-priced rage of the modern art world (TIME, June 3 et ante}. She was one of the first to buy from the eccentric Louis Eilshemius...
Screeched the Dallas News: "The tabloid press and yellow journals whose Peeping Tom tactics have made his private life hideous have no place in self-respect-ing communities...
Projects carried out with these funds last year included studies of the psychology of radio, the distribution of the United States national income, official "New Deal" publicity, price-quantity fluctuations in the business cycle, the outlook for American cotton, the federal power commission, slums and hous- ing policy in New York City, and street traffic control...
Offering a first prize of $200,000, a second of $100,000, three others of $33,000, the Aero Club of France last week announced plans for a round-the-world air race in 1937 similar to last year's England-Australia contest (TIME, Oct. 29). Start. ing and finishing in Paris in connection with the Paris Fine Arts Exposition, the race will be open to flyers of all nations, will follow in general the route taken by Wiley Post in his 1933 globe-circling record of 15.600 miles in seven days...