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This man is Most Rev. Bernard James Sheil, Senior Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, right bower to firm old Cardinal Mundelein. Bishop Sheil is a short, electric character who speaks staccato brogue. Shrewd, kindly, foresighted, he founded the first Catholic Youth Organization in 1930, which has now been accepted as the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Meat, and a Bishop | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

When the conclave of 1922 gathered, there was almost no ready cash in the Vatican. Foresighted Pius XI reserved a fund for the next conclave, and last week the three Cardinals in charge had a reported $100,000 for its expenses. These were bound to be large. Seldom has the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Most Eminent Princes | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

NBC's officials simply announced: "Papa is too busy with fixing up the back yard and the basement to entertain company." Last week both back yard and basement had been fixed and the public was invited in to look it over. They saw three stories of offices, four auditorium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Back Yard & Basement | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

This is indubitably true, if for no other reason than that foresighted Mr. Quezon has appointed only seven justices to his Supreme Court although his Constitution allows for eleven. So he can at any time pack his Court. Said the strutting little autocrat of the Islands: "We have made democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PHILIPPINES: Brain | 3/29/1937 | See Source »

Beginning in 1940, the picture voices Author Wells's current theory that another world war will start that year. The operations of that war and the destruction of Everytown, which looks very much like London, by a fleet of airplanes should throw a highly practical scare into contemporary audiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 6, 1936 | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

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