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Three months ago Undersecretary of State Joseph Potter Cotton, No. i man in the Hoover sub-Cabinet, entered Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treat-ment of a nervous ailment. In January surgeons removed a tumor from his spine. Fortnight later a general toxemia developed. His right eye was cut out. A third operation opened his leg to relieve the infection. He failed to improve. One night last week, Secretary of State Stimson was informed that Mr. Cotton could not live much longer. He sped from Washington to Baltimore, spent a midnight half-hour at the bedside of his good...
Under the "present system" no white man can settle in Greenland or even land there without special permission from the Danish Government. Trade is a Govern-ment monopoly, Eskimos are benevolently encouraged not to become too civilized...
...stockholders of the Bank of France had their annual meeting and heard a speech on this same subject from their Governor Clément Moret. Avoiding the subject of rising retail prices, Governor Moret admitted that the Bank of France was ready to lend from her overflowing vaults to any foreign country that offered the necessary guarantees. Said...
...present time, of whom 100,000 are women and 250,000 come from agriculture and the building trades where seasonal unemployment prevails. I am opposed to the dole. I prefer relief in the form of public works which substantially increase the efficiency of our national economic equip ment. The dole tends the workers to idleness." Prosperity: "I am confident that the peace of the world will be preserved, and that before long a new era of prosperity will dawn; and in this assurance I bid goodby to those who have listened to my message, and beg to present my cordial...
...American Association for the Advance ment of Science last week gave its annual prize to the inventor of a huge new ray tube...