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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shocking intelligence of the sudden demise of ex-President Coolidge indicates in no uncertain manner that the many responsibilities devolving upon the Chief Executive of the U. S. are both taxing and arduous. This is all the more evident when we review the history of Mr. Coolidge's administration and note the comparative tranquillity that marked his tenure of office...
Purifying Politics. At Tokyo, War Minister Araki flashed off orders to Mukden last week which sent 35 Japanese troop trains thundering down upon Jehol. While far off battles raged-with Japanese victories a foregone conclusion-he could review with warm satisfaction the manner in which since last spring obstacles to "The Way of the Perfect Emperor" have melted away. Obstacle of doubt at home. Obstacle of interfering white folk abroad...
...York's Whitney Museum of American Art opened its doors last week for a special exhibition, a review of what it has done in the past year to help U. S. artists. Exposed were 161 items-paintings, sculpture, water colors, drawings, prints-added to the Museum's permanent collection during the past year. Twenty-eight of these, purchased from the Museum's recent biennial review of U. S. painting, cost the Museum just $20,000, an investment of $714 apiece...
...moved the London Weekend Review to a puzzled analysis of U. S. character: "What sort of revolution can America expect? Not a Communistic or Socialist putsch . . . nor in a nation so uninterested in politics is a Fascist type of movement possible. . . . The chances of Technocracy must not be underrated. That it is radical and mechanistic enough to appeal to American slump Psychology is clear...
Last week Publisher Delacorte whipped out a new weekly called Manhattan, an about-town review and amusement guide (price 10?) aimed at the mass of subway riders who read Broadway colyumists but not the smart New Yorker. Some of its features, dealing with expensive speakeasies and night clubs, indicate an intent to show Manhattan's probable clientele how the upper crust amuses itself...