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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Out of 8,000 complaints received since Wages & Hours went into effect last October 24, Elmer Andrews' staff last week had sifted 2,800 which deserved further investigation and possibly prosecution. But U. S. business need expect no crackdown performance akin to General Hugh Johnson's NRA siege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Elmer's Teeth | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Reaction from both Arabs and Jews was immediate. Jewish delegates refused to attend an official luncheon given in their honor by the British Government. Said one Jew: "It would be like going to a Last Supper, with the British Government as Judas." Day after the British suggestions had been made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Last Supper? | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

One difficulty remains. When the seed-filled bolls open, the seeds, having no lint to hold them, fall out and are lost. Texas A. & M.'s next step, therefore, is to keep the bolls from opening by further crossbreeding. Since nonopening types of cotton already exist, the scientists believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cottonless Cotton | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

"A rather strange arrangement," commented Mr. Justice Bennett. Asked if he would like to read a book called What Is the Oxford Group?, he snapped, "I won't, unless it is necessary," and adjourned the case, pending further evidence.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Oxford v. Group | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Rev. Endicott ("Peabo") Peabody, 81, founder and rector of Groton, snootiest preparatory school in the U. S., can nick many a big name (Roosevelt, Morgan, Whitney) with a headmaster's holy right. A notoriously hardy perennial, as he left 70 further behind "Peabo" was fond of saying that his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Peabo the Robust | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

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