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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In Chicago last fortnight Conservation Director Samuel Barry Locke of the Izaak Walton League screwed up his courage, wrote a letter to Senator Harrison asking point-blank what truth there was in the rumor that he had used his influence to bring the Walley brothers' case to its shocking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Taxmaster | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

In September 1934 a new group of white colonists was sent to Wrangel Island. Leader was Konstantin Semenchuk, who had been transferred from a comfortable diplomatic post in Iran. With him went his wife Nadejda, as strange and sultry a character as he. Colonists got their first inkling of what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Crazy Governor | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

Assembled in Cleveland last week for a two-day annual convention was that exclusive little trade organization, the Associated Stock Exchanges. It has only 22 members, though the full roster of U. S. stockmarkets including the Honolulu Stock Exchange and the Manila Stock Exchange numbers 30.* Out of that total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Little Markets | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

Landscape Architecture may be defined as the arrangement of land and the objects upon it for human use and enjoyment, where the good appearance of the result is of importance. For many years the landscape architect has been concerned largely with the planning and development of the private place, but...

Author: By Bremer W. Pond dean, | Title: Increased Public Works Demand More Landscape Architects, Pond Declares | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

Quite naturally Miss Cornell's interpretation of the maid Joan occupies the center of attention and, as always, her acting is profoundly mature and thoroughly compelling if somewhat stylized. The supporting cast is so uniformly excellent as to defy any graduation of honors. Maurice Evans portrays the incapable weakling Dauphin...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/29/1936 | See Source »

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