GREAT BRITAIN: Brains

How did Great Britain stand last week? She stood so firm that King George and Queen Mary could give their minds to suggesting the sort of gowns ladies may wear this year when presented to Their Majesties.

> Two and a half million British unemployed knew with particular poignancy last week where they stood. The spurt of British industry which began when the pound Sterling was taken off gold (TiME, Sept. 28), has now spent itself and British unemployment is rising again until, last week, it had almost reached Britain's all-time unemployment record,...

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