11 JANUARY 1930, page 15

The Profits Of Broadcasting.

Radio broadcasting in the United States which began nine years ago and is, of course, conducted on a commercial basis, has not proved a profitable business hitherto. That it......

* * * * The Caow.

The crow, regarded with intense dislike by most American farmers and sportsmen as a destroyer of both crops and gsme birds, at last finds a champion, and that in high govern-......

American Notes Of The Week

(By Cable) THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. The optimism which the Hoover-MacDonald meetings have engendered on the subject ofDisarmament was sustained by the United States......

College Athletics.

The abuses to which the Carnegie Foundation Report on American College Athletics called attention have now been brought into the sphere of practical action as a result of the......

The Minister To China.

The departure this week of Mr. Nelson Johnson to take up his duties as the new American Minister to China should mean the beginning of a new chapter in American-Chinese......

General Siuurs' Visit.

The presence here of General Smuts and his participation in the numerous celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the League of Nations have given a distinct impetus to......

* * * * A " Safety Scnoor.."

Minneapolis has introduced a new method, which may he adopted by other American cities, for dealing with the reckless motorist. Certain offenders brought before the local......