13 JULY 1929, page 13

* * * * Conscription.

Secretary Good's conscription bill appears to have very little hope of survival. It has already been bitterly assailed by several influential Republican Senators, including......

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NEW CURRENCY NOTES. The Treasury Department is issuing a new and smaller- sized paper currency this month in substitution for a sub- stantial part of the $5,000,000,000 of......

The Preservation Or The Countryside.

The campaign against unslightly billboards is being fol- lowed up by steps to remove the even more unsightly dumps of disecirded motor cars left to rust and rot -along the......

The Five-day Week.

The recent adoption of a five-day week by the building trades, affecting some 150,000 workers in New York City, marks a signal advance of the movement, which has been growing......

American Notes Of The Week

(By Cable) BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. The impending visit, of American industrial and banking representatives to Russia, and discussion of the renewed recognition of the Soviet......

Interest In England.

It is notable what a large amount of attention is being given in American papers to English news of all kinds. To-day's New York Times, for instance, contains nearly nine......