Word: periodicals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other words, over a period of years, British sterling would prove more effective in China than Japanese shrapnel...
...Duke founded the "Sauvegarde" as a socialite, money-making organization to eke out Government care of French art treasures, of which he is a noted connoisseur. The particular passion of the Due de Trévise is for painting of that period when Napoleon's eagles had deflected the operatic ardor of the French revolution into the ardor of Empire...
...their wages. The company matches this with a contribution of 5% of the worker's wage for the first two years, increases this to a maximum of 15% by the time the worker has served 15 years. The fund is used to purchase stock over a period of six years, after which the employe draws cash dividends. President Deupree said the plan has reduced his company's labor turnover almost to .5%. Key to its success, said he, was keeping profit-sharing from becoming a substitute for higher wages; P. & G. wages per hour have risen 50% since...
...After a period of public outcry against the four youths who allegedly dispersed a parade single-handed, they were convicted by Justice Arthur Stone on November 18 of "disrupting public assembly." They appealed, and the case had been hanging fire until yesterday...
During the past twelve months many of the faults which had in the past plagued Widener were corrected. The time spent on the hard benches waiting for a book to be resurrected from the stacks was reduced, for example, and the withdrawal period shortened from four to two weeks. For these changes much credit is due the Library staff, but there are still several improvements which would serve even further to increase the efficiency of the Library. Among these, two should be immediate; first, the erection of a chute by which books might be returned, and second, the breaking down...