Word: oct
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...called this pact, secretly negotiated by transatlantic telephone, a "new type of gold standard," it was really nothing more than a technical extension of the U. S.-Franco-British agreement of last month to use their respective stabilization funds to steady the dollar, the pound and the franc (TIME, Oct...
...dramatic lead toward abolition of trade quotas, reduction of tariffs and relaxation of exchange controls given by Socialist French Premier Leon Blum and Fascist Italian Premier Benito Mussolini (TIME, Oct. 12) stirred statesmen of the League of Nations last week to action under a new slogan: ECONOMIC PACIFICATION...
...Empire Salesman, Edward VIII bore in manly silence the fact that eight out of nine British planes which took off on the recent race to South Africa failed to arrive (TIME, Oct. 12). At the first opportunity, Salesman Edward's private secretary Major Hon. Alexander Hardinge released for publication this boost: "The King will be glad if the Secretary of State will convey to Squadron-Leader Swain his Majesty's congratulations on his fine achievement in breaking the altitude record with all-British equipment." Part of Hero Swain's equipment was a new type of air-tight...
...elsewhere in the U. S., President Gerard Swope posted notice that henceforth company wages will be adjusted periodically with changes in the cost of living. Following the Department of Labor's index, wages will be increased up to 10%, but will not be cut lower than they were Oct. 1. To cover the last six months' rise in living costs, G. E. last week granted a 2 raise...
...turntable was turned, engineers posed and various locomotives were arrayed with placards explaining size, name, power, type, use. At each stop there were lectures by guides in overalls and white gauntlets. Other amusements consisted of a World Series broadcast, bridge games, an accordion player. Next trip is scheduled for Oct...