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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Mrs. Brown won her suit, tried without a jury before Justice Benedict D. Dineen in New York Supreme Court. It was the first time a court had upheld anyone's right to withdraw from the "Heavenly Treasure." Now all Mrs. Brown had to do was collect-from a man whose property has always been held in the names of his followers. Previously, Justice Dineen had denied Mrs. Brown's motion to have the Father's holdings declared the property of the Father Divine Peace Mission, or be put in receivership. (When he heard this proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Heavenly Treasure | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

Geneticists know a great deal more about heredity in fruit flies and sweet peas than about heredity in man. They cannot conscript men & women for experimental breeding in laboratories. Thus limited, they grab eagerly at what observable oddments they can-collect evidence on hereditary tongue-twisting, eye color, extra fingers, webbed fingers, hollow or "cobbler's" chest, white forelock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tongue Twisters | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

...part of an Anti-war Chest drive begun yesterday to collect $500 for the cause of peace, the Student Union has decided to issue Liberty Bonds in one and five dollar shares to be sold to members of the Union and, if possible, of the Teachers Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.S.U. PLANS DRIVE FOR LARGE ANTI-WAR CHEST | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

...dance similar to that given at the beginning of the year in Memorial Hall will be held to collect money during the drive. As before, girls will be brought to the dance in busses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.S.U. PLANS DRIVE FOR LARGE ANTI-WAR CHEST | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

...Hopson representative at that time seemed to be former U. S. Attorney General Homer Cummings, counsel for Hoppy's three sisters. A good friend of Cummings, Roger E. Whiteford, went in as president of CO. at $10,000 a month. Last week President Whiteford resigned, unable to collect pay from his insolvent employer. Typical of Hopson corporate architecture is the fact that Whiteford turned out to be the first and only employe CO. had had in at least eight years. Reason: all top officers had been paid by Hoppy personally, who then billed their services down the line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A. G. & E.: Round I | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

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