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Norway's morose Haakon VII could thank his stars that in 1934 his Kingdom enjoyed the largest export business since the War, nearly double the volume for 1933. Down in Copenhagen hard-jawed Christian X felt safer because Danish workmen, mostly ardent Socialists, are now only 18% enrolled upon the dole, a magnificent drop from...
...King than any question of whether the Saar is German or French. Having said "L'etat c'est moi," His Majesty would certainly have troubled no more about Saar nationality than to say "The Saar is mine!" Last week a lumpy lot of Teuton farmers and workmen from various parts of the U. S. enjoyed free passage on German ships as they were rushed Saarward to vote in the plebiscite...
...work-train filled with sleepy-eyed men. They were going to their jobs in a mine atop a nearby hill, owned by Elkhorn-Piney Coal Co., subsidiary of Koppers Coal & Transportation Co. of Pittsburgh, which also owned the train. As the train stopped at each little valley settlement, workmen climbed on jauntily swinging pails. With some 300 passengers aboard, Engineer William M. Blankenhorn stopped at the little mining community of Powellton, to work up more steam. Up & up went the pressure gauge. Satisfied that he had enough, Engineer Blankenhorn opened the throttle...
...President Johnson spent millions on his workers' welfare, shared earnings with them, paid their hospital bills, gave them swimming pools, merry-go-rounds, tennis courts, called them by their first names. When NRA came to Endicott he was paying his 19,000 workers double the minimum wage. His workmen parade the slogan: THE NEW DEAL IS THE OLD SQUARE DEAL OF GEORGE...
...bought 210 acres of the famed Santa Anita Rancho at Arcadia where 40 years ago the late Elias Jackson ("Lucky") Baldwin bred racehorses and where four of his American Derby winners* are buried under a concrete Maltese Cross, replica of his racing emblem. Since last March, workmen have been busy making Santa Anita one of the best equipped racing plants in the U. S. If all works out as its sponsors hope, the new venture should some day rank with Saratoga and Belmont...