Mr, Joseph E. Davies, lawyer, wealthy soctalite and former head of the Federal Trade Commission, has been appointed United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Following the approval, last week, of the recently-concluded Anglo Egyptian Treaty by the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate ratited the measure' on Nov. 19 by 100 votes to seven.
The P. & O, S. N. Ca. has ordered from Messrs, Alexander Stephen, of Glasgow, a new liner similar to the 83, Corfu but faster and larger, with edaitional sports decks and passenger accommodation.
The world speed record for a 400- mile non-stop run by a train was broken on Nov. 17 when a trem of the London, Midland and Scottish Rallway did the 401% miles between Euston and Glasgow in hr. 32 min, That Belgium and Germany should forget their differences and unite in common action against Communism, was declared by the Reich Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Paul Goebbels, in an interview granted to the Berlin correspondent of the Belgian paper "Lo Vingtieme Siecle'
Mr, James Roosevelt, the President's eldest' son, has been commissioned a Lieutenant-Colonel of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, accord {ng to an announcement on Nov. 21 by the headquarters of the Marine Corps. The commission dates from November 13
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