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...seven years ago when he became unmanageable, began to annoy other Universal monkeys. He may be repurchased to act in The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Largest mammoth ever used in cinemas was Universal's Charlie, an agreeable and intelligent elephant who helped build Universal City by carrying lumber. Charlie was chloroformed and shot when he went wild and tried to kill his trainer. For East of Borneo it was necessary to hire extra alligators from California zoos. Some twelve actors lost fingers or toes while the picture was being made...
Sound industries do not voluntarily seek government regulation. When it is forced upon them, as upon electric power, they buck and fight vigorously. Oil. lumber, shipping and agriculture, on the other hand, have begged and received government aid because they were economically sick. In the Interstate Commerce Commission the railroads have a protection against ruinous competition which they would not give up for anything. When it was making good money, the bituminous coal industry bridled angrily at the mere suggestion of Federal regulation...
Plans were drawn for the largest opera stage ever constructed: 300 ft. by 125 ft. It was built in three tiers out of lumber left over from the Schmeling-Stribling prize fight which baptized the Stadium (TIME, July 13). Associate stage director, who helped design with simple grandeur the sets used on the six nights, was Laurence Higgins, a 25-year-old native son. Directing his work with the Stadium Grand Opera Co. was Ernst Lert, longtime stage director at La Scala in Milan, dropped from the Metropolitan this year after two seasons. A facile lighting technician, Lert worked...
General Brice P. Disque, in lumber and finance since he resigned from the Army in 1919, was elected executive director of the Anthracite Institute...
Ironically Mr. Knickerbocker notes that even fight-minded, lumber-growing Finland bought $2.000.000 worth of Soviet timber last year, although "this, it was explained to me, was nearly all bought by one man, who has been severely criticized for doing...