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...pound ball of the fibre, if straightened out, would stretch from coast to coast of the U. S. A woman's undergarment made of it could be concealed in the palm of the hand. It is 150% finer than any previous rayon, 33% finer than natural silk. It was developed almost simultaneously by three manufacturers and no one has an exclusive claim...
...building industry, notably in the Residential field, turned sharply upward. Volume of 1935 retail trade was estimated to have been as high as $33,000,000,000-18% above 1934. Industries with new all-time records included power, shoes, gasoline, electric refrigerators, Diesel engines, cigarets, oil burners, plate glass, rayon, airlines. Excess bank reserves climbed $1,000,000,000, and U. S. gold stocks increased from $8,200,000,000 to nearly $10,000,000,000. Capital markets reopened; the Blue Eagle was killed; business confidence picked up almost as much as business, and further recovery was unanimously predicted...
...Unofficial Observer propagates an E. Phillips Oppenheim theory of history in suggesting that Sir Basil Zaharoff was once regarded as the power behind the Service, that it "was not altogether ignorant" of the true reasons for the mysterious deaths of Alfred Loewenstein and Prince Radziwill. Their attempt to form rayon companies and a European steel cartel menaced the industries of the clay-headed colossus...
Rapturous Japanese businessmen snatched at copies of Nichi Nichi last week to read an analysis showing that war between Italy and Ethiopia would help practically every Japanese industry except wheat and possibly chemicals. Biggest slices of cake would go to shipping, heavy industry, steel, rayon...
...foreigners had supposed he always possessed; shipments of munitions to Italy continued at lowest gold cash prices; the lira, after falling nearly ½? on international exchange last week, bounced back; and activity quickened furiously on Italy's bourse. Fiat motors rose from 394 lire to 401; Snia-Viscosa rayon from 401 to 410 and Montecatini mines from 188 to 193. These movements of course reflected fear by Italians that eventually the lira will be forced off the gold standard. Abroad many a headline writer splashed ITALY GOES OFF GOLD TO PAY FOR WAR! Actually Italy has not been...