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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inner front. M. Reynaud and Sir John also agreed that just because there is a war going on-especially a standstill war where the real fighting is economic, by blockade and the capture of Germany's export markets-is no reason why business and commerce should not go ahead in both countries as normally as possible. Together they need as much foreign exchange as they can get. Working together they can help each other keep their places in the sun of world trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMIC FRONT: Mouse & Lion | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...posts. The second explosion burst Bolivar's fuel tanks and the sea around her became filled with swimmers gasping and spluttering in black oil. One rescued baby was officially listed as a pickaninny, then scrubbed, and listed as white. One man saved his small daughter by pushing her ahead of him through the sludge on a packing case. While being rescued by tugs and trawlers, Bolivar's survivors could see the Yugoslav ship Carica Milica (6,371 tons) sinking not far away, also mined. Some hours later, in the same vicinity, down went the British Black hill, Torchbearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: In-Fighting | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...rest of the squad members reported at 2:30 o'clock, half an hour ahead of the usual time, and went through a full day of grid chores. They started off with some group work and defensive manoenvres against Blue plays. Then came dummy offensive work, a 30 minute scrimmage (the last of the week) against the Jayvees, and about half an hour of aerial operations...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: GRID SQUAD GIVEN LENGTHY WORKOUT POINTING FOR ELIS | 11/22/1939 | See Source »

White: Popular animal at the A.M.A. show was White's model 200, "the White Horse." Features, 1) an air-cooled motor which is slung just ahead of the rear axle, can be unhitched and wheeled out on the rear wheels, an arrangement which claims to eliminate 551 parts, to facilitate keeping a fleet of trucks in condition, 2) a push-button door latch which needs but to be properly bumped to open, 3) an all-welded chassis (no bolts, no rivets), 4) a clutch-and-gear-shift combination which can be operated with one hand. Capacity of the truck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Trucks, A.D. 1940 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

This English doctor, now old and weary, still has the soul of a crusader. Not content with a job well done, he insists on pushing ahead with a fanatic zeal. Knowledge of this work has forced upon Vag an irrepressible desire to learn more about it. Partly for this reason, partly in tribute to a great leader, Vag is going to hear Sir Wilfred Grenfell speak this evening at eight o'clock in the large lecture room of the Fogg Museum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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