3 AUGUST 1929, page 13

Increase Of Investors.

Amazing figures are those disclosed by Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, in that the number of Ameri- cans with investments in business enterprises of the......

Aviation.

The flight tests in a unique aviation competition begin this summer at Mitchel Field, Long Island. The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics has organized an......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE SPECTATOR, AUGUST 18T, 1829. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Letters from India, received yesterday via Bordeaux, contain a very remarkable invitation, in the shape of a circular from the......

American Notes Of The Week

(By Cable) FARM RELIEF. The Farm Board recently appointed to formulate farm relief schemes, assisted by the $500,000,000 appropriation authorized by Congress, has now indicated......

The Planning Of Washington.

Washington is ambitious to become " the world's most beautiful capital city," and, what is more, is working actively to realize this aim. Most American cities, as is natural in......

Don'ts For Tourists.

For the summer tourist season articles giving " dos and " don'ts " are making their seasonal appearance. The Chicago Sunday Tribune publishes a cartoon depicting a scene in a......