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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...news last week from Pennsylvania. That commonwealth deducted $750,000 from the $7,457,798 net taxable estate of the late Henry W. Breyer (ice cream) to pay fees to counsel who saved the estate $6,447,988 in Federal estate taxes. Paid to Millard Tydings' law firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Two Nice Men | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

Homely is the Methodists' ritual, firm is their belief in salvation by faith alone, practical is their application of faith to their personal lives. Most of the world's 12,000,000 Methodists live in the U. S. Last week was a big week for them. By reuniting three branches of Methodism, separated for nearly a century, U. S. Methodists set up the largest Protestant church in the nation. Name: the Methodist Church. Membership: nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Methodist Merger | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...winner of a major award in the 110-foot Class and minor awards in the 70-and 54-foot Classes, we feel rather proud of being the only firm in the competition to have received more than one award. I have always thought Time unbiased, yet I find our name not even mentioned. Why not give credit where credit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

George Rea was a bond salesman in Buffalo before the War, later helped form a Buffalo investment banking firm (Vietor, Hubbell, Rea & Common). Then, after a turn with Buffalo's Fidelity Trust Co. as chief of its underwriting department, he became first president of the Buffalo Stock Exchange, resigned to join Goldman, Sachs in Manhattan. When Goldman, Sachs's investment trust business fizzled, he set himself up as a consultant to banks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Palm Tree to Curb | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

Lester Stevens' "Center of the Beach" is one of the most complete embodiments of decisive power and convincing color in the exhibit. His water, mountains, and buildings are handled in a manner which boldly but without exaggeration emphasizes the essential characteristics of each. Despite Stevens' clarity and firm solidity, his paintings seem very natural, in fact so natural that it is almost possible for you to feel your way into them. Nevertheless, he avoids the dangerous pitfall of travel-poster sensationalism which has in many cases been the Waterloo of other painters who have worked from the game point...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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