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...half million British unemployed knew with particular poignancy last week where they stood. The spurt of British industry which began when the pound Sterling was taken off gold (TiME, Sept. 28), has now spent itself and British unemployment is rising again until, last week, it had almost reached Britain's all-time unemployment record, scored last September...
...April, Bonus loan application slacked off to 12,000 per week. Veterans' Administrator Hines then announced: "The job's about done." He estimated the total outlay at $1,050,000,-ooo. During May, however, there was a new and sudden spurt of loan applications. Last week they were pouring in again, at the rate of 35,000 per week. Best explanation for the new spurt was that, whereas needy veterans constituted the first big rush for loans, those employed and not in need were now coming forward to borrow while the Government's offer still stood. Last...
...five ahead of Princeton. Harvard v. Navy v. Penn. Last fortnight a Harvard crew coached by Syracuse graduate Charles Whiteside beat Princeton and M. I. T. Last week rowing a little more smoothly, much more confidently, the same crew beat Navy by a length and one-half with a spurt over the last third of a mile and one-half course on the Schuylkill at Philadelphia. Penn was a poor third. Columbia v. M. I. T. Columbia and M. I. T. lined up on the Harlem and rowed a mile and three-quarters in water that was rough as well...
...University game Yale was master throughout except for a short spurt by the Crimson at the start of the second period when the gap between the two teams was narrowed down to seven points. Captain Horwitz was brilliant in his team's victory...
...first chukker. Jenkins made two goals while Gerry accounted for one. But outside of this spurt in the opening chukker the Crimson trio was not up to its usual good team work and brilliant individual plays that have featured its previous contests Captain Gerry was plainly not playing the excellent polo of which he is capable...