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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These paragraphs appear in one of the most readable Ph.D. dissertations ever written. Its author is a Negro who, like his subject, torrid Negro dancer Katherine Dunham, went out to observe and find out about living culture at first hand. This week at Cleveland's Western Reserve University the book helped Author Leslie Collins, 28, win the nation's first Ph.D. in American culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Doctor of Culture | 6/18/1945 | See Source »

Grace Coolidge, Edith Wilson, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Mary Lord Harrison and Frances Cleveland Preston-stepped down to an honorary vice-presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Fuller Explanation | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

...right. A broken reed! You cannot count either. President Truman is the 32nd person to be President. If one refers to him as the 32nd President, that is half-true. But when he is called the 32nd President of the U.S., you have permitted an error to creep in. Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th President of the U.S. It is true that the records of Congress list F.D.R. as the 31st President. But the Congress is a separate branch of the Government. Check with the Constitution. WILLIAM E. BARINGER, PH.D. The Abraham Lincoln Association Springfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 21, 1945 | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

...Starch. In Manhattan, a 24-year-old Negro confessed to holding up the laundry of Hyman Ostrow seven times since 1939, explained, "He was a soft touch." Happy Landings. In Cleveland, Restaurateur Joseph Sinjur tossed out a drunk, discovered too late that helpful customers had innocently thrust on the drunk a fallen wallet containing $200 - all Sinjur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 7, 1945 | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

Last week, the 16 club owners finally met in Cleveland-to pick a commissioner if possible. The three top candidates were Jim Farley, who would rather own a ball club than be President; Ford Frick, capable president of the National League; Bob Hannegan, Democratic National

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Happy Compromise | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

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