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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Arthur Krock, chief of the New York Times Washington bureau, last week thought he had a scoop. Saving it for an edition of the Times too late for other papers to copy, he broke the news that Franklin Roosevelt was "seriously considering," if and when reelected, calling another world conference. Those to be invited: Britain's Edward VIII, Russia's Stalin, Italy's Mussolini, Germany's Hitler, France's Lebrun, tiptop representatives Japan and China, "a few others." Their object: to discuss Disarmament and Peace without any diplomatic folderol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Party to Bird to Krock? | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

Alcazar and Alhambra. In broiling summer Madrid were scarcely any Ambassadors or Ministers when the Revolution broke. Of the diplomatic underlings left to run things none has hung on more tenaciously in Madrid than U. S. Third Secretary Eric Wendelin, buttressed by his spunky wife. Last week even the brave diplomatic pups of the Great Powers were about to be whistled home. To 156 U. S. citizens still in Madrid, most of whom have commercial interests there, gallant Mr. Wendelin gave notice that at any moment he might be obliged to close the U. S. Embassy and that every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: The Republic v. The Republic | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

...Llano sent from Seville a giant German Junkers transport, escorted by a scouting plane. This outfit safely evacuated Granada's U. S. tourists, flying them to Seville, whence they jounced by bus to Cadiz, boarded the U. S. cruiser Oklahoma and were taken to British Gibraltar, mostly dead broke. French tourists in Granada were not permitted to leave by officers of the Revolution, keenly suspicious that the French "Popular Front" Government of Leon Blum is helping the Spanish "Popular Front" Cabinet in Madrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: The Republic v. The Republic | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

When San Franciscans loudly applauded his harp-playing, famed Pantomimist Arthur ("Harpo") Marx stepped to the footlights, said "Thank you," broke a 13-year public silence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 24, 1936 | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

...ante). Immediately, however, the Daily Mirror was so overcome by its own daring that the entire story was killed out of the 3 a. m. edition which had been originally scheduled to carry a fetching picture of Mrs. Simpson with a dog in her arms. In Europe the story broke as soon as the King and Mrs. Simpson began to go shopping in small Yugoslavian waterfront towns, she speaking for him in German which some of the villagers understand.* At Sibenik the King and Mrs. Simpson picked out three dolls, total cost of which was only 15 dinars. His Majesty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BALKANS: Balls & Balls & Balls | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

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