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Distinctly trying to new U. S. Minister and Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth last week was a mishap to Clifton, their chauffeur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: Clifton &. Their Majesties | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

...Clifton & Their Majesties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: Clifton &. Their Majesties | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

Although the Booths had only just arrived in Denmark, although Clifton has a long record of safely conveying Mr. Booth to and from his office in the Buhl Building at Detroit, suddenly a sporty young Dane, one Einar, persuaded impeccable Clifton to take out the U. S. Minister's car after dark, to pick up two young frokener...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: Clifton &. Their Majesties | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

...national mass in perception and appreciation, there last week appeared a quarterly titled USA. Its progenitors: "The group centering informally around the Centaur Bookshop ( Philadelphia)." Of the first edition, 2,000 copies were printed, price: $1 the copy. Lead-off article for Vol. 1 No. 1 was by Clifton C. Fadiman, editorial chief of Simon & Schuster (Manhattan publishers), contributor to The Nation. With lofty tolerance, he set about denning the Republic's culture and U S A's aim. Said he (italics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: U S A | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

...Columbus, the wheels of governmental action were given a spin. Shocked by 16 school child fatalities from Ohio motor accidents in the past month, Governor Myers Y. Cooper wrote a stern letter to Director of Education John L. Clifton. Said he: "It is evident that these accidents were avoidable if proper precautions had been taken." The Director of Education, in turn, urged two-man bus crews, strict vigilance at grade crossings. The dead driver of the Brook Park bus was held culpable by the coroner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: School Bus | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

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