Word: nord
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pierre Barbero (Rhône). 2) Max Dormoy (Allier), a well-known etcher. 3) Armand Dupuis (Oise). 4) Louis Gardiol (Basses Alpes). 5) Alfred La Court (Nord), who holds a responsible position on the French Chamber's Army Committee. 6) F. Ledoux (Ardennes). 7) Robert Mauger (Loire). 8) Jules Mitton (Eure et Loir). 9) T. Romastin (Department of Sarthe...
Died, Louis Loucheur, 59, French industrialist, member of the Chamber of Deputies, owner of Le Petit Journal (Parisian daily); of heart disease; in Paris. Son of a railway crossing-keeper, he became a successful engineer and contractor, was employed at 23 by the Chemin de Fer du Nord to enlarge its trackage. With Alexandre Girod as partner he built an electric power station at Wagenthal near industrious Lille. Engineer Loucheur headed the Society of Electric Power of Paris, electrified the French, Italian, Russian and Turkish railways, built power plants and a railway in the Alps. At the outbreak...
...Paris Premier Laval, Foreign Minister Briand and a dozen other French officials and the staff of the German Embassy were all at the Gare du Nord clutching the silk hats of diplomacy. There were a few jeers, a few shouts of Vive La France! Many more cried hopefully, "Vive La Paix...
After the French note had been delivered to Washington, President Hoover decided U. S. Diplomacy at Paris needed some added prestige. Therefore he flashed an order to his cautious and charming old Secretary of the Treasury. When Secretary Mellon had crossed the channel and arrived at the Gare du Nord French officials and friends, including M. Robert Lacour-Gayet, crowded to meet him. "Are you glad to be in Paris?" asked M. Lacour-Gayet. Replied Secretary Mellon: "M. Lacour-Gayet, we are here...
...Raylaine." From Asheville, N. C. last week came reports of a new material, a new company. The material is raylaine, a synthetic fibre made from rayon waste and other materials, more woolish than silkish. The company is Raylaine, Inc., headed by G. Jean Nord, longtime con- sulting engineer to textile mills...