Word: aug
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME errs. The Duke of Gloucester is not George V's sole remaining bachelor son unless newsworthy TIME is keeping the marriage of the Prince of Wales, the world's No. 1 bachelor, a deep dark secret [TIME, Aug. 12]. The marriage of Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David would probably be more newsworthy and of greater international significance than the prayerful hope that the Duke of Gloucester and Juliana may some day see their way clear to the altar. Shall I renew my subscription next month...
...feature of the Saratoga season this year, like the pretentious Spa, ceremoniously opened last fortnight, are jinrikishas, pulled by impecunious Rutgers and Dartmouth students (TIME, Aug...
...adjournment all we can. Of course, there are several bills still in conference between the Senate and the House for final adjustment, and there are some others that the President would like to see action upon. . . . Under the circumstances I feel we will be fortunate to get through by Aug. 20." Lending weight to the Majority Leader's cautious hint was the fact that President Roosevelt wants to get away to address on Aug. 23 the Young Democrats of America convening in Milwaukee, does not want to leave Congress in session to nip at his fast-flying political heels...
...White Front" Between fear and hope, Dutch editors have begun to speculate on whether some sort of understanding does not exist between the Netherlands Government and British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. It was he who astounded Germany by announcing, "The Rhine- that is where our frontier lies!" (TIME, Aug. 13, 1934), which at face value would mean that between The Netherlands and Germany stands British Air Power. It was Mr. Baldwin's good friend Field Marshal Viscount Allenby who made a mysterious reconnaissance of Java in December 1933 which raised Japanese suspicions to the boiling point. This was followed...
...World Proletariat," would be dissolved. Fortnight ago it was still going so strong that its Seventh Congress met in the former Hall of Nobles, but efforts were made to suggest that the Comintern had adopted a new policy of supporting democratic governments temporarily as bulwarks against Fascism (TIME, Aug. 5). This change of policy was supposed to apply to France-following negotiations of Dictator Joseph Stalin and French Premier Pierre Laval-but proceedings of the Congress last week showed that it applies to few if any other great countries and definitely not to the U. S., where the object...