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Word: corrections (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years I have been endeavoring to correct, through the columns of The Etude, the ridiculous stories that Spusa's name was not Sousa, that he was born in Italy and his name was John Philipso and that when he came to the U. S. he added the initials U. S. A. to the initials S. O. and thereby derived the name of Sousa; or that he was born in Germany and his name was Siegfried Ochs S. O. and when he emigrated added U. S. A. and thereby acquired the name of Sousa. All of this is nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 22, 1936 | 6/22/1936 | See Source »

...would be glad if you would correct the statement made on p. 19 in TIME, June 8, in which you describe Sir Percival Phillips, the well-known British journalist, as the correspondent of the London Daily Mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 22, 1936 | 6/22/1936 | See Source »

...Moscow Prosecutor .Philipov is the Public Prosecutor for the whole Soviet Union, smart Comrade Andrei Januari Yishinsky, who recently obtained a sentence condemning to death the brutal Governor of Wrangel Island (TIME, June 1). Last week the Chief Prosecutor declared in Moscow that the new Constitution will seek to correct "the basic defect of the criminal code...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: New Constitution | 6/15/1936 | See Source »

...Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis began to practice law in 1878, the St. Louis Bar Association ordered a bronze plaque, scheduled elaborate unveiling ceremonies. Day before the unveiling someone peeked, found that the plaque read "Louis Dembitz Brandies." The plaque-maker worked overtime on his misspelling, had it correct for the ceremony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 15, 1936 | 6/15/1936 | See Source »

...Dacek. Into Investigator Fritchey's mind flashed the astounding possibility that this curious name might be an anagram for that of a Cleveland policeman whom he had long suspected of undue prosperity. The Cuyahoga County prosecutors shortly found that Investigator Fritchey's hunch was correct. "Dacek" was one Louis J. Cadek, a hardboiled, barrel-bellied police captain who had been 30 years on the Cleveland force. Other property and bank accounts under various names were linked to Captain Cadek, who was soon indicted and brought to trial to explain how he came by a fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Graveyard Scoop | 6/8/1936 | See Source »

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