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No contemporary figure was ever more of a pain to serious liberals than Juan Vincente Gomez. A thoroughgoing reprobate, he became Dictator of Venezuela 27 years ago when Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler had scarcely a political thought in their heads. Though for appearances sake he sometimes gave up the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Death of a Dictator | 12/30/1935 | See Source »

Fortunately, our sense of humor was restored by the other feature, "Two Fisted." This is a rollicking farce featuring Lee Tracy and Roscoe Kearns as manager and broken-down fighter, who save Gail Patrick and her son from the wiles of her no-good husband. As butler and first man...

Author: By J. M., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/12/1935 | See Source »

Storm over the Andes (Universal) tells an improbable story about an implausible group of wildcat aviators who help Bolivia win a fictitious war-in-the-air over the Gran Chaco. It inevitably portrays a cocky, ready-fisted individual (Jack Holt) whose general unpleasantness includes the fact that he can fly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Sep. 23, 1935 | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

Canadians boast the greatest per capita wealth in the world, $3,148. Even more blessed is the Province of Alberta, with $3,518 per head. Yet Depression has hit Alberta hard. For years its breezy, two-fisted, hospitable citizens have been feeling poorer & poorer. Galavanting to the polls last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Messiah, Major, Money | 9/2/1935 | See Source »

Excited by the newborn alliance between classroom teachers and liberal professors, hotheads tried twice to wrest control of NEA's $800,000 permanent fund from NEA's tight-fisted Trustees, vest it in the Assembly of Delegates. "It's a matter of fair play," New York'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EDUCATION: Pedagogs & Demagogs | 7/15/1935 | See Source »

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