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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...allowance for food. The Rev. Charles C. Noble of this city went on the City Store, and the results of his experiment will be of very great value to the authorities broadening the diet which has been allowed to those on relief. I would not bother you with this detail except for the tragic urgency of the situation around here. . . . My only concern is to get it clearly before people that we lost on $12.80 a week instead of the $2.24 which was the figure quoted ... in your review. . . . (REV.) FLETCHER D. PARKER Immanuel Congregational Church Hartford, Conn. Sirs: WHAT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1934 | 6/18/1934 | See Source »

...experiment, partly an extension of President Robert M. Hutchins' four-year-old New Plan in which the student gets a degree by taking comprehensive examinations whenever he feels ready. "The student who thoroughly understands the subject," reasoned University authorities, "is not penalized because he forgets a single detail, while the student who does not have a thorough understanding of his subject cannot pass by hasty perusal of his texts and notes." Said Student Chauncey Howard: "It's a good idea. It brings out what you nearly know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Open Books | 6/18/1934 | See Source »

...detail of secret-service men from Washington will be assigned to guard the distinguished foreign visitor from attempts at violence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HANFSTAENGL HALF WAY ACROSS OCEAN ON REUNION TRIP | 6/13/1934 | See Source »

...cinema lacks the exciting detail, the intimacy of the book but neither book nor picture will help the police clear up the Rothstein murder. The picture's hero, Murray Golden (Spencer Tracy), might be any screen gambler from Hollywood. The plot, in which a rival underworld character grows jealous of Golden's success, and Golden's wife (Helen Twelvetrees) and mistress (Alice Faye) contest for his affections are standard cinema fictions. Nonetheless, Spencer Tracy's smooth, poker-faced performance and Edwin Burke's colorful direction give Now I'll Tell by Mrs. Arnold Rothstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Where Sinners Meet (RKO). | 6/4/1934 | See Source »

...would traffic in arms has continued unceasingly since the war; the armamount leopards have never changed their spots. Detail upon detail, incident upon incident, illustrate how well the armament makers apply the two axioms of their business. Let one incident suffice here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMS AND THE MEN | 5/28/1934 | See Source »

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