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Instantly 65-year-old Mahatma Gandhi reached for his pad of telegraph blanks, sent out a circular wire to leaders of the Indian National Congress, demanding a general mobilization of protest "since this child is unquestionably unfit to marry a man of such ripe years." Hindu reporters, most of whom have a sneaking sympathy for such bridegrooms, described the rejuvenated Hindu as "defiant," as "resolved to have his rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Moppet Marriage? | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

Typical of hundreds of anti-German boycott organizations which are ruining Nazi trade is Manhattan's Fur Trade Boycott Committee. Last week its secretary sent out a proud circular letter to members: "Gentlemen: Looking back at our efforts since the formation of the Fur Trade Boycott Committee in 1933. we are proud to say that importation of furs from and via Germany has almost ceased. . . . Some day the Fur Trade will have reason to be proud of the part it has played in the great, historical battle for the preservation of human rights. . . . Leo Weinschenker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Results | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

...wiping their feet on doormats all wipe with a rearward motion, which gradually flattens the bristles and decreases the efficacy of the mat. Some callers are too lazy to wipe their feet at all. Both problems are taken care of by his revolving doormat which gives the feet a circular scouring while the visitor stands still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Gadgeteers Gather | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

...onetime Bennett henchman who set himself up as hero of the mob with his Philippic against routine Canadian business practice (TIME, Nov. 5). This included violent denunciation of Canadian Woolworth Stores because they cut wages (later raised) at the same time as did U. S. Woolworth Stores, obeying circular orders from company headquarters in Manhattan's Woolworth Building. This Orator Stevens has turned virtually into Treason to Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Rotten Thing! | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

...Most urgent. Clear all lines. Berlin calling every Army officer above the rank of colonel, every Storm Troop leader, every Labor Corps leader, every Nazi Youth and Party leader. All were ordered to drop whatever they might be doing and rush to Berlin. Added the Realmleader's official circular telegram: NO EXCUSES WILL BE ACCEPTED...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Operatic Mystery | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

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