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...never before in U. S. history has a state equalled California's gain between Census counts. Census estimators figured that California has added two million people to its 3,426,861 of 1920. Three factors explain the gain: 1) industrial development including the cinema; 2) Asiatic trade; 3) good climate for sick or elderly citizens to enjoy years of leisure.* Sample of California's growth: Beverly Hills, picturesquely perched above Los Angeles, from 674 in 1920 to 17,428 in 1930, a gain of 2,485%. Some Beverly Hillers: Funnyman Will Rogers, Cinemactors Fairbanks, Barrymore, Gilbert, Mix, Lloyd, Cinemactresses Pickford...
Illinois Aftermath. Because to obtain the Republican senatorial nomination she had spent one-quarter of a million dollars, Illinois Democrats last week resolved that "whereas the alleged nominee, Ruth Hanna McCormick, cannot be seated in the U. S. Senate, she is now an illegal and ineligible nominee." Democrats charged that expenditures in her behalf were really closer to one million dollars, pointed with pride to the $35 reported as campaign expenses of their candidate, James Hamilton Lewis, "the only legal nominee for U. S. Senator...
Numbers. Every other bed in U. S. hospitals is occupied by a mental case. By 1970 there will be a million such cases, or 635 for every 100,000 people in the U. S. In 1880 there were only 63 per 100,000. Explanation: the wear-&-tear of an increasingly rushing civilization; public recognition that mental ills must be treated as well as bodily ills.?Dr. William Alanson White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, president of this International Congress...
Proud were Cosmopolitan admen of the slogan, "The top million and a half" referring to the 1,588,438 readers who were able and willing to pay 35? for the magazine...
Musical ? EARL CARROLL'S SKETCH BOOK (TIME, July 15), FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN (TIME, Dec. 9), SONS o' GUNS (TIME, Dec. 9), STRIKE UP THE BAND (TIME...