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...small to take any chances, the tiny Neutral Republic of Andorra (18 mi. long, 17 mi. wide) declared martial law and mobilized its sturdiest citizens when a few "foreign workmen" (Spanish) struck last week on a small hydraulic...
...Cork last week the Free State's No. 1 industry stood still. Henry Ford's workmen were striking. Depression had shut Northern Ireland's leading shipyards?but Irishmen were not downhearted. Whatever happens the Irish are still on a primarily agricultural basis, can feed and clothe themselves...
...aboard, started playing guitars and wriggling their hips. Officers forgot to give orders then, left the bridge. In a tropical port even the luxuriant, overgrown pineapples and coconut trees abandoned themselves to jogging amiably about. But back north again the dancing took on new, hectic energy. Drably uniformed workmen hopped about automatically, rebelliously, before a stock ticker largely labeled. A gasoline filling station, two bathtubs and a ventilator took part in this materialistic orgy. For the finale a bland, fat-faced Mexican sun descended to blot out the noxious stock ticker, a sun whose face bore a flattering likeness...
...largest in circulation but the richest, most expensive, most comprehensive journal of the building profession is Architectural Forum. Last week TIME Inc., publishers of TIME and FORTUNE, announced it had bought a majority interest in Architectural Forum. Reasons: the several elements of the building world?architects, engineers, contractors, workmen, investors?are at last integrating a great single industry. Early advocate of that integration, Architectural Forum promises to be the leading chronicler of a revolution in Construction in the next decade...
...Junkers plant at Dessau went ahead on planes for Scandinavia, Argentina, the Far East (one-third of all the world's airlines use Junkers planes). Advance orders for both aircraft and engines were heavier than last year. Of the 3,000 employes (one-third of all Dessau workmen) it was indicated that 1,200 would be discharged. Observers doubted that the Reich would let the plant shut down completely, throw more men out of work...