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...October 7, we attacked the cities of Taiyueh, Yulintsun and Mayi, the last two of which were recaptured. We also destroyed all highways, bridges and telegraph and telephone lines in the vicinity of Taiyueh and outside the city killed over 100 Japanese and destroyed a dozen armored cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Victories & Napoleon | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

When Dr. Leonard Fuller, head of electrical engineering at the university, heard of this he asked Lawrence how an 85-ton magnet would suit him. Lawrence gasped. Dr. Fuller also happened to be vice-president of Federal Telegraph Co., which had built four 85-ton magnets for round-the-world radio transmission during the War. Peace came before this particular magnet could be shipped to China and ever since it had lain idle at Palo Alto. Dr. Fuller and Dr. Lawrence jumped into an automobile and roared down to Palo Alto. Soon the big magnet was installed at Berkeley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cyclotron Man | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

What actually happened is classically exemplified by the stock of Nash-Kelvinator Co. Monday it closed at $10.50. Opening sale Tuesday was at $5. At close it was back to $9.63. Chrysler bounced down to $52.50, back to $61; American Telephone & Telegraph to $140, back to $147; General Motors to $31.25, back to $38.25. On massed selling orders American Rolling Mill opened at $15.50 (down $4.75), closed back at $20.25. Trading volume in the first two hours was 3,890,000 shares, by day's close had reached 7,287,080, greatest since 1933. Fluctuations were the widest since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Bathysphere | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

Tycoons in Manhattan were last week offered for the first time a luxury already enjoyed in about one of every seven homes in Holland. The select list who followed the example of 340,000 Dutchmen already included Harrison Williams of North American Co., Walter Gifford of American Telephone & Telegraph, John A. Hartford of A. & P., Motorman Walter P. Chrysler. Oilman J. Paul Getty. For a fee of $50 a month these notables contracted to have the best of the world's music on tap in their homes (without aid of radio or phonograph) just as they have hot water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Muzak Music | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...American Chicle from $831.281 to $1,022,665; Libbey-Owens-Ford up from $2,266,988 to $3,216,690. For the first nine months Libbey-Owens was nearly $1,500,000 above last year's $7,369,960. An old market standby, American Telephone & Telegraph reported that in the fiscal year ending Aug. 31 earnings were up from $165,400,000 to $195,500,000. Operating revenue for 92 Class i railroads in September was $296,700,000 compared to $295,000,000 last year. But New York Central's August net was off from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Slalom | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

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