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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Demolition of the Cambridge Council's stalling game in the battle over the city manager form of government strikes a progressive note in the scale of local politics, the like of which has seldom been heard since the day of Lincoln Steffens and the muckrakers. On Friday the petition of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FOR PLAY E | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

In many respects of detail, Munich was milder than Godesberg. On the question of time, which was actually the point on which war nearly broke out last week, Hitler had demanded 12,000 square miles by October 1. He got 300 square miles on October 1 (see p. 18) and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Four Chiefs, One Peace | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

Nothing slows up a ship like barnacles on the bottom. Last week the U.S. Maritime Commission agreed that nothing slows up a ship line like barnacles on the top. Giving final approval to a deal whereby the Commission took over the devalued Dollar Steamship Lines, Inc., Ltd. (TIME, Aug. 29...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Barnacle Bill | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

The Dollar Lines, continued Admiral Land, had not been suffering from a lack of business. From 1930 through 1937 it had gross revenues of more than $13.000,000 a year. But in the years from 1923 through June 1934, R. Stanley Dollar withdrew $2,526,501.22 as salary, J. Harold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Barnacle Bill | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

Last minute appeals and objections before the State Ballot Commission at the State House yesterday apparently blocked the chances of Plan E, city manager form of government for Cambridge, for submission to the voters next month.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plan E Blocked | 10/8/1938 | See Source »

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