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...long after receipt of the news in the U. S., reporters crossed the threshold of Mr. Gilbert's office in lower Manhattan, but he was "too busy to comment." Later, however, he unbent, issued a statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPARATIONS: Genius Rewarded | 9/15/1924 | See Source »

...British subject by marriage. The Murderers. The Mexican Government ordered General Roberto Cruz to make every effort to apprehend the murderers. He gave the matter his personal attention. President Obregon sent his private secretary to Puebla to investigate the circumstances of the crime. Within 24 hours of receipt of instructions by General Cruz a number of arrests were made. Within another 48 hours Francisco Ruiz and Alejo Garcia confessed participation in the murder, but claimed that one Perez had committed the crime. Next day the round-up was completed by the capture of Francisco Perez. Several more persons, denounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: After the Murder | 8/18/1924 | See Source »

Employers who pay entirely by check claim for the practice that it prevented robberies and holdups, as well as disputes over the accuracy of payments; in addition, it entailed less clerical work, provided an automatic receipt for payments, and educated employees in using banking facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Check vs. Cash | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

...Hotel Savoy, London, A program of band music and a speech by Senator Guglielmo Marconi was broadcasted. But very few Americans, amateurs or professionals, were able to receive the English program at all, and of the scattered few who did, in New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, only partial and temporary receipt was reported. Most of the big American stations ceased broadcasting during the performance, but enough remained in the air to hinder the attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The War in the Air | 3/24/1924 | See Source »

Several causes for the break are already discernible. The basic cause is that the French have not really balanced their budget and have financed deficit after deficit by issuing more internal government notes and bonds. This load of debt, which it was hoped would soon be lightened by the receipt of German reparations, at length became top heavy. Speculators began to sell francs "short" in anticipation of a decline. The conservative investor, to avoid losses, sent his balances abroad, and a "flight of the franc" ensued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Franc Smash | 3/17/1924 | See Source »

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