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Word: charleses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In Saratoga Springs, N. Y., a farmer of German descent, Charles Bollmeyer, argued hotly over the crisis with his wife (of Polish descent), finally shot her in the hips, chest, stomach with a shotgun. Throughout the U. S. men & women streamed to the Polish, German, British, French and Italian consulates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shadows | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Pairings for the U. S. Singles tennis championships in Philadelphia were drawn in gloomy belief that Jacques Brugnon and Bernard Destremau of France, Charles Hare of England, Ferenc Puncec, Frank Kukuljevic and Demeter Mitic of Yugoslavia will be summoned home for war duty before the tournament ends next week.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shadows | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Its suit was against its onetime president, jut-jawed Charles Godfrey Guth, who in 1931 had bought for his own account a controlling interest in, Pepsi-Cola Co., a puny contender in the soft-drink market (annual sales about $33,000). By whirlwind promotion, including sales in Loft's

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENT TRUSTS: Cola Coup | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

>Aging and ailing is H. (for Hiram) Edward Manville Sr., son of co-founder Charles B. Manville of Johns-Manville Corp. Since 1927 when control of the company passed into public hands and its management was given to professional executives (first Theodore Merseles, then Lewis H. Brown), one-time President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Retirements | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

A monument to the career of 58-year-old Gus Edwards, who served as its technical adviser, The Star Maker, shrewdly aimed at the U. S. cinema public's demonstrated appetite for nostalgia and precocity, should be a turning point in the career of another veteran showman. The picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture: Sep. 4, 1939 | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

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