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Dates: during 1930-1939
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If a nationwide vote were taken to discover the most despised politico-social organization currently extant, the Amerikadeutscher Volksbund would stand at least a fair chance of winning. A group of some 125,000 U. S. citizens of German blood and clubby tendencies, it is hated in the U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bund Banned | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

As every Freshman will discover when he confers with House representatives, beginning March twenty-third, there are no two or three factors that will guarantee admission. Naturally, several assets make for acceptance. Requisite are a good academic standing, extra-curricular interests, friends in the House for which one applies, selecting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT EVERY FRESHMAN SHOULD KNOW | 3/2/1938 | See Source »

Last year another potent Governmental bureau, the Treasury Department, was mightily annoyed to discover that the 14 companies seeking its $2,800,000 tire & tube contracts offered practically identical bids. Threatening to investigate the possibility of collusion,* the Treasury gave a $1,000,000 contract to Sears, Roebuck, which had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: I Am Glad | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

During the past few days, Coach Hal Ulen and his swimmers, have been conducting a series of tests, in co-operation with the Fatigue Laboratory, to discover the effect of oxygen inhalation on the speed and recuperative powers of the tankmen.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coach Ulen Experiments With Effects Of Pure Oxygen on Speed of Tankmen | 2/16/1938 | See Source »

In Philadelphia, the Right Honorable Viscount Leverhulme, head of Lever Bros. Ltd. (Soap) arrived at the 30th Street Railroad Station. President of the International Committee of Scientific Management, he was vexed to discover that he had brought his wife and baggage, had forgotten his railroad tickets. Efficiently he boarded his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 14, 1938 | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

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