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...Sparrows? Not chronicled by Eve Garrette Grady, for it came only last week, was Russia's laugh of the year???a Gargantuan belly-quake which rocked the Union and was not suppressed by Soviet censors...
...United States said that with 6% of the world's population, the U. S. has 70% of its life insurance. James Lee Loomis, president of The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Hartford said $108,500,000, 000 life insurance will be in force at the end of the year???first twelve-digit figure of U. S. finance. Of this, $18,500,000,000 will be the 1930 new business. This year $2.200.000,000 is being paid out, a gain of $238,000,000 over 1929. Of every 100 lives in the U. S., 54 are insured...
Best production of the year???All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal...
...whole freight car loadings have decreased during the Depression, G. A. T. C., with assets close to $100,000,000, earned $4.58 on its common the first six months of 1930, will show (says President Selig) $2.50 more for the third quarter and at least $9 for the year???best year in G. A. T. C. history. Asked to explain this apparent paradox, President. Selig called attention to the fact that most of his business is concerned with transporting foodstuffs. "People continue to eat," says...
Gallant Fox has two more engagements this year???the Pimlico Cup and the Laionia championship. He is almost sure to be withdrawn from the Pimlico race and will not run at Latonia unless conditions are perfect. In other words, if it rains on the day of the Latonia championship (begins Sept. 27), Gallant Fox may never run again. He will be retired to William Woodward's stud at Belair, Md. A promising three-year-old in April, he has become the greatest money-winner in the history of the U. S. turf. Beside the Jockey Club...