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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Arthur has never lost his enthusiasm for this cosmic soap bubble. But the speeds indicated by the amount of redshift, some of which now equal 25,000 miles per second, have made many astronomers doubt. Other causes for the redshift were suggested, such as cosmic dust or a change in the nature of light over great stretches of space. Two years ago Dr. Hubble admitted that the expanding universe might be an illusion, but implied that this was a cautious and colorless view. Last week it was apparent that he had shifted his position even further away from a literal...
...When you are frightened," wrote doggy Albert Payson Terhune in Reader's Digest last summer (TIME, Aug. 17), "nature pumps an undue amount of adrenalin through your system. This throws off an odor . . . which human nostrils fail to detect. Dogs, however, hate it. It rouses some of them to rage; in others it inspires only contempt. Many an otherwise inoffensive dog will attack when that odor reaches...
...between his widow and a niece. His total fortune was estimated at $10,000,000, a sum which is subject to the Federal inheritance tax. Since liquidation of this property involves the sale of a large block of shares of the Milwaukee Journal, a transaction of uncertain magnitude, the amount of Mrs. Nieman's share is still not definitely known, but is probably around $5,000,000. Federal taxes will deduct about 50%, leaving $2,500,000 as an estimated sum which would have been realized by Mrs. Nieman had she lived...
...educational purposes which shall use said property exclusively for such purposes 'within the state' shall be exempt from the inheritance taxes." This means that Harvard would not come under the usual tax-exempt category. Another clause, however, stipulates that taxes on bequests should not exceed 15% of the amount given to any one beneficiary, leaving approximately $2,000,000 which will eventually be realized by the University. Federal taxation will not effect Mrs. Nieman's grant because of its educational use, and also because Federal inheritance taxes cannot be twice collected on the same money within a five year period...
University officials declined to comment on the decision. No plans for the use of the money will be made until a more exact estimate of its amount can be obtained