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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...debate the House anesthetized it by sending it back to a committee pigeonhole. Republicans were content: now they can campaign this year in the country on the basis that the nasty old Democrats have refused to amend the inequities in the law. New Dealers were content: they admit only infinitesimal flaws in the law, think it needs mostly more enforcement. Only Messrs. Cox, Barden & Co. were infuriated-gone was their last chance this session to heave monkey wrenches into the law's workings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Hippodrome | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...Geisler and upon Major Harlinghausen, an active pilot and squadron leader, who presumably had crowned his career by leading the dive-bombers down upon the battleship. An extended version of the official German story, which was withheld for 24 hours "to see whether Churchill will have the courage to admit this terrific loss," added the following items to the alleged action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Bomb Finale | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...Springfield rifles, and thinking about Garands. Official excuse for this situation: that the Garand has not yet been supplied to the Army because it is still going through a normal process of trial, error, correction. Some critics think there is another reason: mis judgment, followed by scandalous reluctance to admit and repair a mistake. This week a serious charge against the Garand is being made public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Wanted: a Rifle | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

...understood that Hurvitz and Segel admit that they have violated the 1933 decree by pirating these books in their tutoring notes and outlines. Macmillan Company stated Saturday that Hurvitz and Segel promised to have their Harvard Square office closed before today and never again to operate in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Tutoring Bureau Closes for Good; Settles Law-Suit by Macmillan Company | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

...interesting to inspect Victor's possible motives for price-cutting--which is what this is, regardless of what it may choose to call it. First, competition has been giving it some trouble. Victor is quite willing to admit this, and the new Black Label title selections show that it is definitely trying to undersell the recent releases by competing companies. It goes on further to say that the most important reason for the change is, beyond the new purchasers reached, an altruistic desire to bring music to the masses...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 5/3/1940 | See Source »

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