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Dates: during 1930-1939
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To meet objections of non-reliefers with low incomes, Milo Perkins revealed that Pottawatomie County, Okla., embracing Shawnee, will experiment with a modified scheme whereby all non-reliefers whose total family income is less than $19.50 per week may become eligible, after certification by their employers, the Chamber of Commerce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Pottawatomie Project | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Nobody knows whether or not there is animal life on the planet Mars; nobody knows whether or not it is possible to reach Mars with a radio signal. In 1924 a group of radio engineers trying to tune in Mars heard signals which they claimed they could not identify with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Negative Experiment | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Still hopeful, the engineers proceeded to the main experiment: a signal sent by remote control from a 100,000-watt transmitter 10 miles away at Hicksville, L. I., the antenna of which pointed toward Mars at an angle of 30°. By common consent, the "message" was a meaningless succession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Negative Experiment | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

To the already long list of odds against the experiment, Astronomer Earl C. Slipher of Lowell Observatory had added another: his belief that it had been snowing on Mars last week.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Negative Experiment | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

This vast experiment, directly contrary to Secretary of State Hull's reciprocal trade agreements, directly resulted from cotton's tragic predicament: 1) cotton exports for the season ending July 31 were 3,400,000 bales, smallest in 60 years; 2) Mr. Wallace is still holding the bag on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Henry's Egg | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

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