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PARADISE - Esther Forbes - Harcourt, Brace ($2.50). Historical romance of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; a good rousing yarn of pioneers, Puritans, lycanthropy, platonic love, King Philip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Mar. 1, 1937 | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

Final accounting of the estate in September 1932 revealed that none of the legacies and only a few claims had been paid. Furthermore, the estate was hope lessly insolvent. Widow Esther C. B. Busby filed objections to the accounting, sought removal of the bank as executor and payment to her of surcharges equal to losses sustained during the bank's stewardship. She lost her suit after hearing her friend "Mel" Traylor admit he had made a bad guess by not liquidating the estate to get it out of a dangerous speculative position in a falling market (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Busby Victory | 2/22/1937 | See Source »

Back at the plane, Pilot Lewis regained his senses, dragged himself, gun in hand, to guard the mail. Two passengers revived unhurt, began aiding the others. Stewardess Esther Jo Connor, despite a broken ankle, did what she could for her passengers, all but two of whom were severely injured, one dead. Martin Johnson, with both jaws broken, skull cracked, a shattered hip and internal wounds, became hysterical with pain. Osa, with leg broken and a concussion, was able only to wipe his face. Rescuers struggling up the mountain heard his screams afar. The plane was almost intact, with one motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Wreck and Radio | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

...Harry Ironside published Notes on the Book of Esther, has since turned out 30 books, dozens of pamphlets. Though Preacher Ironside, an ordained minister of the Church of the Plymouth Brethren, has evangelized all over the U. S., delivering some 500 sermons a year, he held no pastorate until 1930. Then he accepted a call to Chicago's famed Moody Memorial Church. Booming three strictly orthodox homilies from this pulpit every Sunday and one on Friday, Harry Iron side still-maintains a full schedule of out side engagements for which he accepts any emolument offered. For all his Funda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ironside Broadside | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...from bad were pictures by little known Esther Goetz. Ilonka Karasz, George Miki and John F. Stenvall. Neither good nor bad were famed Composer George Gershwin's two conventionally modern portraits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Independents' 2oth | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

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