Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Proud of Alaska's seals, he wants no confusion between this fur-bearing variety (Callorhinus alascanus) and the common hair-seal. Alaska has 80% of the world's fur seals. Besides seals, the Pribilof Islands are well stocked with foxes. From these the U. S. gets another item of profit-$27,735 from 777 foxes in the fiscal year...
...were among the last to leave the pier. Representatives of Mr. Mackay were at hand to expedite the clearance of the couple's 17 pieces of baggage. But customs officers insisted on closely inspecting every piece. Moreover, they questioned and requestioned the owners on the value of each item. Mr. Mackay was nearly speechless with astonishment and indignation. He would personally protest to Secretary Mellon. Tears began to course down his wife's cheeks as the examination dragged on. At the end of two and a half hours the customs men found nothing not listed on the declarations...
...United Press discovered a Mrs. Andrew Nelson, wife of a workless carpenter and mother of six, dying of dread Addison's disease. Her physician, Dr. Richard Torpin, remarked that extract of adrenal cortex might prolong her life. But the extract was scarce, impossible to get. A small news item resulted...
Thus ran a routine news item in the New York Times last week. Thus have run countless similar items in every U. S. newspaper. To clear up the doubt which arises every time a person falls-or-jumps unobserved out of a building, two days later the Times made a suggestion on its editorial page. Taking the case of hypothetical Richard Roe, the Times said...
...Jacobsson. When the Wiggin Committee reached a tentative agreement on freezing foreign credit in Germany last week, it was promptly rejected by the German delegates for various reasons, the most important being that it left out of consideration the reichsmark balances in cash of foreign firms in Germany. This item totals nearly $140,000,000. If these balances were suddenly withdrawn, Germans believe they would be as badly off as ever. This point remained unsettled last week. The Wiggineers went back into their huddle. In the meantime the B. I. S. made an important move. Per Jacobsson, Swedish economist...