Word: rollins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prompted perhaps by England's assuming part of the insurance risk on Cunard Line's fast new trans-Atlantic liner (TIME, Aug. 11), Louis Rollin, France's Minister of Mercantile Marine, took steps last week to make the French Rooster still more of a seagoing bird. When the Chambre des Députés opens in October he will present two bills calculated to encourage the construction of fast commercial vessels and relieve shipyard unemployment...
...Rollin might draw some comfort from the fact that British shipbuilding during the last three months was off 222,000 tons compared with the corresponding period in 1929. But no comfort came from news that during the same period Germany had laid keels for 64,000 new tons and had built 237,468 tons, while France had begun construction on but 20,000 new tons, had turned out only 186,960 tons...
...Rollin' Along and Kiss Me With Your Eyes (Victor)-Many will prefer this because of the Arden-Ohman pianos and the percussion in Ro-Ro-Rollin...
...Rollin' Along and Dream Avenue (Brunswick)-Two good tunes wrung dry of wholesome sentiment by Harry Richman...
...Rollin' down the River and Mia Cara (Victor)-Chosen by Victor's judges as best jazz record of the month. Leo Reisman plays...