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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have been very, much surprised in reading the Milestones portion of your magazine for the past few weeks and noting that you have failed to mention among the deaths that of Mr. Gregory L. Smith of Mobile, Alabama, on June 6, 1929, after a short illness...
...nigger and always will be one regardless of the Hoovers. No doubt the present President will have more to do with the killing of Negroes in the South, who arc trying to climb the social ladder, than all the crimes that the Negro has committed for years past. ROBERT...
Gleefully last week anti-tobacco leagues and anti-cigaret societies pointed to young King Zog of Albania as a frightful warning. Having smoked a small carload of cigarets (coarse, loose-rolled Macedonias) in the past year,* King Zog developed such a cough that his Italian physician announced that he had completely lost his voice. King Zog was dumb. Alarming news that the dumb Zog's ailment might be cancer of the throat caused European chancelleries to turn anxious eyes on Albania. Despite its bachelor king, Albania is already an Italian protectorate to all intents and purposes. Diplomats feared that...
Whatever the cost, it was worth it to get rid of turbulent Feng. Last week a stable China united under one government seemed nearer fulfillment than at any time in the past 18 years. Feng's armies and dominions, it was announced, were to be turned over to Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, strong ally of the Nationalists, "Model Governor" of Shansi Province...
Once there were 88 U. S. motor car manufacturers. Now there are 47. Mishaps and mergers reduced the number. Analogous has been the career of the aviation industry during the rapid past three years of its expansion. There are about 350 makers of airplanes, five of lighter-than-air craft, 30 of motors. Those concerns too have had their mishaps and mergers, especially mergers. The majority of them now belong to what until last week were four groups?United Aircraft & Transport, Aviation Corp., Curtiss-Keys, and "Hoyt." Last week the Curtiss and "Hoyt" groups merged...