Sculptures has been awarded to Prof. Weiss, of the Krakov Academy of Arts, The anti-God campaign in Soviet Russia has been renewed vigorously by the Society of Militant Godless and the young Communist League.
By a vole of 228 for and 130 against, the House of Commons approved the second reading of the bill on Cabinet Ministers' salaries In spite of the cancellation of the projected international air race from Paris to New York, the Clyde Clipper, which had been entered by the tobacco magnate, Sir Hugo Cunliffe Owen, will shortly make an attempt to fly' across the Atlantic, 'A reduction of duties on foodstuffs was smilingly announced by Mr, Sean Mackntee, Minister of Finance, in introducing the Irish Free State budget in the Dall, Revenue, he said, was estimated at £81,741,000, and comfortable surplus could be expected.
A collision took place on Apr. 18 in the Thames estuary off Gravesend between the Soviet s. Sheksna and the British training ship Cornwall. 'The latter vessel, which has been anchored at this spot for years, was only slightly damaged, her' century-old hull' once again proving its worth. The Cornwall was built 122 years ago and took part in the China War of 'A bomb was thrown into one of the lecture rooms of the. Warsaw Technical College on April 16, number of desks were smashed but, although there was a class the time, none of the students were hurt. The police were immediately summoned but failed to trace the perpetrator. Later in the day, another bomb was thrown in a street in the vicinity of the university.
The US. Attorney-General, Mx. Homer S. Cummings, revealed on Apr. 16 that his study of alleged collusive bidding on Government construction material contracts has developed into an investigation of the whole anti-trust law situation. The matter arose in the summer of 1936 when the Administrator of the Public Works Administration, Mr. Harold L. Ickes, complained the P.W.A. was receiving identical "bids on those materials used in heavy construction projects.
'The English-born wife of the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Maxim Litvinoff, has been ordered to Jeave Moscow, according to a report the Geneva correspondent of the "New York Herald'
Frank Hawks, veteran speed tier, low-wing monoplane when he Tanded at Newark, N. Jy on Aprit 18 after a fight of four hours 25 minutes from Miami, Florida, Hawks was not Injured.
The latest census gives the popula tion of Egypt as 19,904,000, which means an Increase of nearly two millions as compared with the census taken in 1927. Cairo has 1,307,000 inhabitants, the next big~ gest city being Alexandria, with a population of 82,000, Serious rioting among students of different political factions on April 16 caused Yugoslavian authorities close, until further notice, the University of Zagreb, the hot-bed of collegiate troubles. during the past few years. Police had to be summoned fo put an end to the scutes, Ten students were placed under arrest pending police inquiries.
The Duke of Westminster, who is tone of the largest "landowners. in rance, hag been fined 100 franes for "poaching" by the Avallon court, The sentence was the sequel to an Me cident during a recent hunt held by the Duke on his estates when a pack of his hounds while pursuing a stag faecldentally. trespassed on a neigh hour's land.
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