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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nobody had any copyright on the idea, and Martin Block went to Manhattan's WNEW with it, at $20 a week. Along came the Hauptmann trial, and Block's big chance. His assignment was to fill in between bulletins from the courtroom. He bought a couple of records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Pitchman's Progress | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

> To relieve insomnia, go to bed an hour earlier than usual each night for two weeks, obliterate worries with pleasant thoughts of childhood.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Relax | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

At Yale an hour before Mr. Browder was due at Strathcona Hall (capacity: 407) one afternoon last week, police had to close the doors, with nearly 500 inside, sitting, standing and hanging from the windows. By the time Mr. Browder was squeezed in through a side door, 2,500 more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Browder at Yale | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

"Louder, Browder!" yelled the crowd outside. Someone led a long Yale cheer for Browder that drowned out his speech. Someone else dumped a pail of water from the roof. The crowd chanted the famed Undertaker's Song. Soon paper bags and firecrackers began to pop. An old lady rushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Browder at Yale | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

As Mr. Browder warmed up to his assault on capitalism, his audience listened politely, interrupted with only an occasional "Hear! Hear!" or "Prove it!" When Comrade Browder declared that the Soviet Union was determined to maintain peace, the audience laughed loudly. But Mr. Browder got his biggest hand when he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Browder at Yale | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

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