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...November 1932 he demanded the re-election of Herbert Hoover, declared that if President Hoover had not stood "as courageously as stood Foch at Verdun"-the Democrats "would have put us off the gold basis and the bony arm of the skeleton of Inflation would today be filching value from every savings bank account, every insurance policy and every wage envelope...
...North Atlantic traffic. Four days prior. Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain had prescribed a cure in the House of Commons: an "arrangement" between Cunard & White Star. He set it as a condition to government subsidies to help Cunard finish its giant ship No. 534, now an idle skeleton in a Scotch shipyard. Everybody knew White Star was suffering as badly as Cunard from 1933's disastrous ocean traffic, but a two-year moratorium had put its finances in order...
...General Discussion of the Evolution of The Skeleton," Professor Hooton, Semitic Museum...
Last week, near the farmer's home, lumbermen brought down a tall pine tree. High in the branches they spied an eagle's nest. They came close to examine it. What they found made them cross themselves. There, surrounded by tatters of baby clothing, lay the skeleton of a 2-year-old child...
...passengers were aboard. When the Atlantique caught fire at 3:30 a. m. she was being taken by a skeleton crew from Bordeaux, her home port, to Le Havre for a winter overhaul. Largest, fastest, most luxurious ship on the Europe-to-South America run, the Atlantique was almost new, had made only ten Atlantic round trips. She boasted "The Only Street Afloat," a thoroughfare 450 ft. long in the ship's belly. Down this mimic Rue de la Paix wealthy Brazilians, Argentinians and Chileans have strolled to buy in smart ship shops every French luxury imaginable, including swank...