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...more than in 1931. Half of this sum will be spent for industrial development. For agriculture 4,400,000,000 rubles (21% more than in 1931) is provided. For transportation there will be 3,300,000,000 rubles (22.4% increase). To fulfill its coal schedule Russia must produce 90 million tons, 31,400,000 more tons than last year...
...million years has a normal guinea pig had five toes on each foot. It has had four toes on each front paw, three toes on each hind paw, a total of fourteen...
...Beefex-have never endangered Bovril's prestige. Hitherto, Bovril sales in the U. S. and Canada have been handled by Harold F. Ritchie, "world's greatest salesman," who owns Eno's Fruit Salt (morning-after tonic), Pompeian Cream (face restorer) and who recently purchased for several million dollars Scott's Emulsion (delicious white cod-liver oil). William S. Scull Co., the newly appointed sales agents for the U. S., recently celebrated their 100th Anniversary in the wholesale coffee and tea business and were doubtless aware that many food experts believe there is big opportunity for some...
...same day as the New York financial report, showing that some thirty two million dollars has been spent in excess of receipts, and that the city has a debt exceeding two billion dollars, is published the final report of the Seabury investigation. For almost six months the newspapers have been filled with the findings of this investigation, so that the conclusions are no surprise. People have long been conscious of Tammany's corruption; but few, if any, realized the proportions it had assumed. The Tiger had until lately given an efficient government, worth the price of a few peccadillos...
...statement in the House recently that the president, who once possessed a large fortune, is worth less than a million today, due to his generosity to charities, is just such a shoddy bid for public favor. Whether or not the statement was made with Mr. Hoover's knowledge is of little importance. The only thing that matters is that a blatant advertisement of his generosity is not calculated to set it in a pleasant light. Charity which can be capitalized for political gain is not charity at all. It can be written down as part of the expense...