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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Great Britain, most respected of Western powers in the Near East, were on the outs. The Nazis, in fact, wanted it believed that His Majesty was so exasperated by British "broken promises" in the-Near East that hereafter Arab nationalists in general and Ibn Saud in particular would come to Rome and Berlin for help and guidance. Although a discreet silence was kept over what, if anything, Führer Hitler promised Khalid al Hud and vice versa, it was news simply that they had talked. When the German Foreign Office mouthpiece, the Deutsche Diplo-matische Politische Korrespondenz, announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER POLITICS: Semitic Friends | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...Laurence Olivier (who resembles Ronald Colman and snarls like Clark Gable) and Valerie Hobson (who looks and loves like Loretta Young) pout and make up in proper Hollywood style. But the show-stealing star of Clouds over Europe is bland, slightly-potty, all-round Actor Ralph Richardson (Things to Come, The Divorce of Lady X, The Citadel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 26, 1939 | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

...made the Waring band memorable, by his froggy-voiced interpolations. Fred Buck is dead. Tom Waring is still considered one of the gang but spends most of his time practicing for a debut as a concert baritone. Fred directs production, helps write continuity, coaches the gang in rehearsal ("come lively," "stay with me," "give it rapture!"), plays golf in the 705 as his main relaxation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fred Waring, Inc. | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

...them still object to arming against it. Old General Thompson, living among his memories in the modest home of his son at Great Neck, L. I., will have some advice to give as an unofficial technical consultant. At 80, he thinks his knowledge may come in handy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUNITIONS: Chopper | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

What makes Salop a legend is his genius for selling books-any book. When a publisher has done all he knows how and still has copies on hand, he sends for Max Salop to come and get the remainders. Within the next few months Max Salop has sold not only the publisher's dead stocks, but has reprinted maybe 5,000, 10.000, 20,000 copies besides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Junk Man | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

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