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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There are actually people in Germany who believe the bank note press has lost its terror because, thanks to foreign exchange control, its consequences cannot be read in the daily dollar quotation. It is difficult to discuss such naivet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Out Or In? | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

Already 60, husky, quick with a joke, Leader Barkley's position will be a difficult one when Congress reconvenes. The path revolt is under way, and the opposition won't clear out as easily as that which faded before Alben Barkley sweeping down the football field for Marvin College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Good Friend Alben" | 10/6/1937 | See Source »

Already 60, husky, quick with a joke, Leader Backley's position will be a difficult one when Congress reconvenes. The party revolt is under way, and the opposition won't clear out as easily as that which faded before Alben Backley sweeping down the football field for Marvin College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Good Friend Alben" | 10/5/1937 | See Source »

Last fortnight Dr. Harold Elmer Anthony, expedition leader and curator of mammals at the American Museum, and a companion were hoisted up the difficult sandstone ledges by five experienced guides. After one night Dr. Anthony's companion came down - alone - to the base camp on the saddle with two "leaf-eared mice" which he had caught in traps. These turned out to be similar to other leaf-eared mice inhabiting the region. Hunters and natives winked and snickered around the campfire, hinted that where scientists could go animals could go. George Borup Andrews, son of famed Explorer Roy Chapman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Treasureless Island | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

...common share. In passing last week's dividend, President Edward A. Cudahy Jr. explained: "Smaller volume of raw material, together with substantial increases in wages, various additional forms of taxes and increased costs of certain supplies, contributed to higher unit operating costs and made it increasingly difficult to earn satisfactory profits." Cudahy common last week dropped 15 points to $19.50 a share, low for the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: High Meat | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

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