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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vale properties were "of dubious reputation morally." There were stories that girls in chains had been found in a Church-owned flat. Layman Currie moved a resolution deprecating this situation. But from testimony it appeared that, wherever possible, the ecclesiastical commissioners are getting out of bad leases, and that, according to Scotland Yard, "There is no need to capture girls and chain them up . . . . because conditions in London today are such that people go of their own accord." Almost unanimously, the Assembly voted down Mr. Currie's resolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Incombustible Unitarian | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...another, Publisher Kenneth C. Hogate of the Wall Street Journal. Last week Wall Street gossip gave Vice Chairman Trowbridge Callaway most credit for the committee's success. Their conclusion: "It is apparent to us that the organization of the New York Stock Exchange should be revised to accord with changing times and conditions." Their major proposals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: No Casino | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

...countries will remain faithful to the League of Nations and its principles." At the same time, however M. Delbos was warned that Rumania will uphold her end of the bargain only so long as it continues clear that Paris is now loosening rather than tightening its military accord with Moscow (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Traveling Diplomat | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

...question of Angola. No dictator is King Leopold of the Belgians. Announced his Foreign Minister Spaak: "Should the question arise, Belgium is prepared to defend the colony (Belgian Congo) with all the means within our power. From London we learn that the British viewpoint would never admit an accord detrimental to other countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Thieves' Bargain | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

...airline to foul or puncture, and the diver can even disconnect his hoist line for greater freedom, keeping track of a "distance line" on the bottom so that he can find his way back to the surface connecting lines. If he happens to lose it, he can, according to Diver Nohl, rise of his own accord by valving gas into the suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Deepest Dive | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

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