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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...late arrival of the enigmatic, dishevelled, brilliant Aristide Briand, French Foreign Minister, caused some comment. It was feared that, as on a previous occasion when "eye trouble" was said to be an excuse, political snarls in Paris were detaining him; for it seemed inevitable that he would be sought by German statesmen and persuaded to make a promise relative to early evacuation of the Rhineland. At the same time it was realized that M. Briand has nothing to promise, the French Cabinet having already expressed its willingness to reduce the forces of occupation by no more than...
...took over the control of French finances last year (TIME, Aug. 2, 1926). At that time, with the franc daily plunging to new depths, the amount the state owed the Bank of France stood at 38,350,000,000 francs - 150,000,000 francs under the newly constituted limit, previous Finance Ministers having raised the loan limit to keep pace with the printing presses...
Other matters referred to: Production from mines increased by 34,000,000 pesos over the previous year; 973 oil concessions were registered; 125 out of 147 oil companies registered last December had submitted to the new laws; budget remained unbalanced, but the Government was more than ever determined to enforce rigid economy in its services; the Yaqui rising and the rebellions in the States of Jalisco and Guanajuto (TiME, May 2 et seq.) were noted as disturbing factors in the economic life of the nation...
...week since last March when the Roxy theatre was opened has it entertained less than 100,000 attendance. Paid admissions the last week of August totaled $138,000, the previous week, $144,000- high records for theatrical income. For 23 weeks of showing attendance was 2,893,323, net receipts...
...consumption were "less . . . than any of our previous models." Top speed was 65 m.p.h. Getaway and pick-up surpassed many another type of machine. Works. Detroit wiseacres said that production on the new model would be kept down, at first, to around 300 per day. The Ford statement, however, said that all Ford plants were retooled, indicating a readiness to stride out rapidly towards the old Ford supremacy in mass production if the new models -and "moderate" prices-are well received...