Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN, and MOUSSORGSKY: SONG OF THE FLEA (Feodor Ivanovitch Chaliapin; Victor). Death two months ago of the greatest singing actor of his generation prompted Victor to re-issue these two lighter items on a memorial disc. Made when Basso Chaliapin was vocally past his prime...
...gullets and gardens. But seasonal increases in nonagricultural fields fell far short of normal April figures, according to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins last week. Madam Secretary estimated that since fall, 3,000,000 U. S. workers have been laid off. Those who still have jobs are getting lighter pay envelopes than a year ago, although most hourly rates are unchanged since against union resistance it is easier to cut hours than rates. As usual in depressions, payrolls have dropped faster than jobs. In a year, the Labor Department's index of factory employment has gone down 22%, payrolls...
...name is a British War Office simplification of Brno, site of the Czechoslovakian Arms Manufacturing Co. plant where the gun was perfected. * A trim, compact gun, it can be operated by one man and fired from the shoulder, on a bipod or tripod. It is ten pounds lighter and five inches shorter than the old army pattern Lewis gun, is gas-operated and air-cooled. There are two interchangeable barrels, so that if one overheats after a period of rapid firing, the other can be slipped in place in 20 seconds. With two men behind it, one feeding, the Bren...
...Hugo Eckener, world's foremost expert on lighter-than-air craft, arrived in the U. S. from Germany last week to try to get some helium for German dirigibles. The U. S. has practically all the helium there is, Germany has practically all the dirigibles. The National Munitions Control Board approved the export last November, but since helium is a natural resource, the Interior Department has final say. Secretary Ickes, not convinced that Germany would use the non-inflammable gas for commercial purposes only, has held up the shipment...
...banks north of Hankow began to dart fast pursuit planes unlike those guarding the big Japanese bombers. They dived, attacked the invaders. Soon a spectacular dog fight involving not less than no planes, with the Chinese numerically superior, had developed. Big bombers were seen crashing to the ground, some lighter craft were observed tailspinning into the neighboring Yangtze and Han Rivers. Most of the crashing planes seemed to be Japanese...