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...Friday night and was able to get the radio operator to tune in on "The March of Time." About half of the passengers listened in and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all-especially since we had been riding a hurricane for nearly two days. I am sorry I cannot furnish you with a picture of about 50 or 60 passengers huddled around the great mass of furniture and rugs that were upset as a result of the gale we had been through. However, we all enjoyed immensely "The March of Time" and it was the only radio program we heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 26, 1932 | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

...years 75 men in the New York City Department of Sanitation have led double lives. Ostensibly employed as street cleaners, stablemen and garbage truck drivers, they have spent much of their time tootling on brass instruments, dressing themselves up in gorgeous blue & gold uniforms to furnish music for city celebrations. The sanitation bandsmen welcomed the King & Queen of the Belgians, Queen Marie of Rumania, the Prince of Wales, Lloyd George, Charles Augustus Lindbergh and many another. Unless there was snow to be cleaned off the streets the department allowed them generous time off for rehearsal. But last week they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sanitation Band | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

...leaf Aid given to Freshmen in the College, with the stipulation that recipients shall do a certain amount of work in libraries, dining halls, or connected with the buildings and grounds. In the absence of many endowed scholarships, the Business School has always depended on the loan fund to furnish financial assistance to students. As in previous years this source of aid will be available in addition to the service scholarships...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUSINESS SCHOOL PARES STUDENTS' LIVING EXPENSES | 9/21/1932 | See Source »

Positions as student waiters in the dining halls will furnish employment to approximately 130 men this year. Except for the Freshman Union, the Business School dining halls are the only ones in the University employing exclusively student waiters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUSINESS SCHOOL PARES STUDENTS' LIVING EXPENSES | 9/21/1932 | See Source »

...Niagaran spout are poured 60 billion cups a year?one and one-third cups daily for every U. S. man, woman & child. Two-thirds of the coffee for the big U. S. pot comes from Brazil. Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, Java, Mocha and other tropical lands furnish the other one-third, mild coffees which are blended with the strong Brazilian. Using a million bags a month, the U. S. last week had visible stocks which would keep the big pot full for another 20 days. The Farm Board has another 1,050,000 bags which it can start to market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Coffee Scare | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

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