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Dates: during 1940-1949
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About Tenney's activities and the oath bills, Peter H. Odegard, chairman of the department of Political Science at the Berkeley branch of the University of California, has wired the CRIMSON that the loyalty measures are not "offensive in themselves, but open the door to all manner of petty persecutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tenney Committee is Storm Center in California Battle | 5/26/1949 | See Source »

Died. Sam Breadon, 72, longtime president of the St. Louis Cardinals, who ran his original $200 investment to some $3,000,000 by the time he sold his stock in 1947 after 30 years; of cancer; in St. Louis. Breadon (and onetime associate Branch Rickey) built up the far-flung Cardinal chain system (at one time they owned 16 farm teams, had working agreements with twelve others), which paid off handsomely: Breadon's high-flying Cardinals won nine National League pennants, six World Series, earned more than $8,000,000. Breadon, who said that he had never seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 23, 1949 | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

International UNESCO day, New England branch, came to roost in Sanders Theater last night as the United Nations Council played host for the finale of the local celebration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hub Celebration of UNESCO Day Finishes Up in Sanders | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

...Studio also has done a number of models for institutions outside the University. Filene's of Boston ordered a whole set of scenes depicting historical events in towns where a new branch was to be started. Each time they opened up one of these stores, a Pitman model would be on display. The miniatures are now used to illustrate historical lecture series sponsored in the towns by Filene's. Presently, Pitman is working on a job for the Museum of Science in Boston which will open in about a year. It is a model to explain how the pyramids were...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Circling the Square | 5/19/1949 | See Source »

Last week 36 films were in production, compared with 23 in the last week in January. Employment of extras was 15% greater than it was last year at the same time. Applications for California unemployment relief were down by 300 at the Hollywood branch office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Back to Normal | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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