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Dates: during 1920-1929
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By order of General Pershing the Y. M. C. A. set up a canteen system for the A. E. F., and its work was commended by the commanding general during the war and afterward, and an exhaustive inquiry conducted by the Army by direction of General Pershing resulted in complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

During the panic (1907), 40-year-old "J. Pierpont" acted as chief-of-staff to his doughty sire. After the death of "J. P." in 1913, "J. Pierpont" signalized his ascension by a bold decision: namely that he and his partners would withdraw from active direction of the corporations in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Iron Man & Velvet Glove | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Removed-Eric von Stroheim as director of Queen Kelly, starring Gloria Swanson. He was paid $75,000 for the story and his direction of it so far. Director Edmund Goulding took his place.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Variations Feb. 18, 1929 | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

Elected. Arthur Irving Philp, to be board chairman of Durant Motors, Inc., following a general Durant re-organization upon withdrawal of William Crapo Durant from active direction of the company.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 18, 1929 | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

In his world nothing stands still. All moves; all changes. There are no straight lines. Everything curves. The world has an end but no boundary. It is like an orange with the rind pared down to nothing and the pips taken out. Within and around that imaginary sphere which remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Einstein's Field Theory | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

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