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...masters of Norway also removed likenesses of the King's little grandchildren from the wrappers of a candy called Kong Haakon Konfekt. Not only did the Germans find it necessary to stamp out the people's allegiance to their King; other precautionary and repressive measures were taken last week. It was decreed that no farmer could go to the cities with out special permission from the authorities. This ruling virtually strapped thousands of loyalist Norwegians who fled the cities during the invasion. Persons unable to find employment, according to another ruling, "will be permitted to go to Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: New Order in the North | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

Some of the murals portrayed little-known points of law. In the main hall, the Pennsylvania Academy's George Harding painted an old man with a violin: the artist's idea of symbolizing the fact that in Pennsylvania grandchildren are liable for the support of their grandparents. Vincent Maragliotti, ecclesiastical painter, showed the court as an angel in pursuit of a husband who has deserted his wife and child. Alice Kent Stoddard, Philadelphia painter of children, made a sedate, fuzzy mural of children building a city of tomorrow, with her Maltese cat in one corner. Another mural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: To the Lowest Bidders | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

...late famed millionaire criminal lawyer and Tammanyman. More like a chatty, affectionate family letter than a will, it named Wife Bertha P. Steuer chief beneficiary, bequeathed her $60,000 a year, gave equal parts of one-half the estate's remaining income to his three children. Excerpts: "My grandchildren-God bless them all-who have been such a joy to me, may deem it strange that no bequest is herein made to them. I have each one of them in mind, and love them with all my heart. I have heretofore created a trust for each of them after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 16, 1940 | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

...public book burning, and Superintendent Daniel J. Kelly ordered the books off school library shelves. Said Dr. Kelly: "Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. . . . Personally, I can see no harm in the books. In fact, they are just the type of material I wish my children and grandchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Book Burnings | 9/9/1940 | See Source »

Frederick Snare is 77, has five great-grandchildren. John H. Allen is 83. Findlay S. Douglas was already voting when he won the U. S. Amateur golf championship in 1898. Frank T. Heffelfinger, cousin of Yale's Immortal Pudge Heffelfinger, was born before the Franco-Prussian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golf Over 55 | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

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