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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very rapidly on a new radio--sounds silly as hell, but "Man With a New Radio" is still very funny-- as is "And the Angels Sing"--done in the best grand opera tradition . . . Ten years ago: Lobe, the dog, was the star attraction with the Horace Heidt orchestra . . . Sacramento, Cal.: The Superior Court held a Sacramento city ordinance prohibiting music of any kind after 11 p.m. unconstitutional! No local reference needed...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 10/6/1939 | See Source »

...Pendergast, jailed for income tax fraud, was politi cal boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Jun. 26, 1939 | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

BERKELEY, Cal--When Jacobus ten Brooke, 27, brilliant, blind law graduate of the University of California, goes to Harvard this fall on one of the much-coveted Brandeis research fellowships, he will take with him "his eyes...

Author: By The UNITED Press), | Title: Blind Law Student Receives Brandeis Fellowship; Wife Serves as His Eyes | 5/17/1939 | See Source »

...Oliver family, whose fortune once totted up to $40,000,000, is still the biggest individual owner of the company, but management has passed to more adept hands. President now is red-cheeked, husky Cal Sivright, who helped Oliver beat Depression by developing the first streamlined tractor. Well liked-except for a habit of asking to see employes' work sheets-he drives points home by banging on the arm of his chair. So characteristic is the gesture that the firm has taken pictures of it for posterity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: HARMONIC COMPLEX | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

SACRAMENTO, Cal.--The State Advisory Pardon Board late today by a 3-2 vote refused to recommend a pardon for Warren K. Billings, convicted with Thomas J. Mooney in the Preparedness Day bombing...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

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