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Snow fell as far south as Atlanta. Detroit and St. Louis were under a four-inch coating of winter. Rural roads in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan were impassably choked. The snowfall centred in Chicago where 19.1 inches, a record, swept down in 44 hours, to be twirled up by a 40...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Spring Storm | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

Means, in his book, tells of close professional services for and with the Ohio Gang, the group of political campfollowers, not all from Ohio, who swarmed into Washington at Harding's heels. Its members were the President's friends and playmates. They used him to shield their deviltry. The Gang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ohio Gangster | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

Railroad news last week centred about the Yankee Clipper. Named by a committee headed by John Coolidge, which, of course, gave it much prenatal publicity, the new New York, New Haven and Hartford's Boston-to-New York express made its first trip from Manhattan last week. Time: 4...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: New Trains | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

The difference in viewpoint between Representatives Fort and Lehlbach on this question cast a long shadow across New Jersey Republican politics where the party is similarly divided on Prohibition. In the Fort speech observers saw a campaign effort to straddle the issue, to appear both Wet and Dry for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Jersey Brewings | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

The Significance. Hierarchical reminiscences are not novel but, in some cases, entertaining. Such is the case with Frances of Warwick's book. Her self-centred, upper-class attitude makes itself pleasant and charming. The Victorian era, now assuming historical prominence, she pictures with fervor and delightful intolerance.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Frances of Warwick | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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