Word: ets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born- To Novelist Louis Bromfield (The Green Bay Tree, A Modern Hero, et al.), and Mrs. Mary Appleton Wood Bromfield; a daughter (third child); at Senlis, France...
...convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association in Manhattan. But no sharper attack on radio was forthcoming than the suggestion by Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, that features whose goodwill has been built up through the Press (Joe Palooka, Walter Winchell, Orphan Annie, Emily Post et al.) should not be allowed to capitalize their popularity before the microphone. Newspapers' attitude toward radio is softening, changing from antagonism to alliance. Much advertising money spent in radio now finds its way to publishers' purses. The Columbia system estimates that 35 of its 90 stations are affiliated...
Stone by stone Great Britain's new and hastily erected tariff ramparts (TIME, Nov. 30, et seq.) have been explored by these three masons of finance. Their recommendations, which Chancellor Chamberlain promptly adopted last week by issuing a Treasury decree effective April 26 were broadly two: 1) The emergency "antidumping" tariff' of 50% on luxury and semi-luxury manufactures, thrown up last autumn in the manner of hasty pioneers who hear war whoops not far off, is now completely torn down. 2) The low but massive 10% General Tariff on manufactures built last February becomes a 20% wall...
...days later Dublin's "Messiah of Freedom," kept his election pledge to introduce a bill abolishing the oath of fealty to King George sworn by Free State Deputies and Senators (TIME, Feb. 29, et seq.). Before packed galleries Mr. de Valera presented to the Dail what will be known merely as The Constitution Bill, 1932. Since this was only its first reading (three being required), the President wasted no strength in championing his bill and his potent foe, ex-President William Thomas Cosgrave, was not even present, had gone to a funeral. Oratorical honors were therefore taken by Independent...
...blast of revivalistic piety that swept upper New York State a century ago that the counties in which Mormonism, the Shakers, the Oneida Community et al. flourished are still sometimes called "the Burnt-Over District." Last week new religious thoughts were stirring in lower New York, at two points on the Hudson River...