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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Alfred James Munnings is a hearty, blue-eyed, English country gentleman who breeds horses for his own amusement, paints them for the pleasure of other British sportsmen like himself. Born in Suffolk 60 years ago, a farmer's son, he studied art in Paris, went home when he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Paint Blush | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

Died. Samuel Davis Wilson, 57, eight days after he resigned as Mayor of Philadelphia; of cerebral thrombosis and hypertension (high blood pressure); in Philadelphia. Hardworking, harddriving, hard-drinking, red-faced Sam Wilson had been an automobile manufacturer, Sunday blue-law spy, contractor, justice of the peace, crime investigator. Politically he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

To anyone who saw Hedy Lamarr in Algiers, it is plain that M.G.M. is on the side of M. Delaroch. In mood and decor, Lady of the Tropics is a faithful echo of the Wanger picture that introduced Cinemactress Lamarr to the U. S., made her the most celebrated siren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

In London the British Government formally announced that not only would the four alleged puppet-killers in Tientsin be handed over, but also a fifth man, previously unmentioned. The British proudly stated that the fifth man had been surrendered only with the proviso that the British Consul General could occasionally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Boiler Gang | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

Like most of his big-time colleagues, Doc Parshall operates a public training stable, takes on horses at $100 a month (this year he has 28). Unlike jockeys in Thoroughbred racing, Standardbred drivers have their own racing colors. Doc Parshall's red-white-&-blue silks were handed down to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Goshen | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

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