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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Inside "The Yacht Club," midtown Manhattan nightspot, a lady bouncer named Lois de Fee (6 ft. 3 in., 180 Ib.) claimed that little Lew Brice, Comedienne Fanny's brother, suddenly turned on her and gave her a rabbit punch, then blacked both eyes, broke her nose. Arrested, Brice claimed Bouncer de Fee started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 7, 1937 | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

...Smart farmers use the so-called 12-10-1 corn-hog formula to determine whether it is more profitable to sell corn as corn or as pork The formula: when 100 Ib. of hog is worth more nan 12 bu. of corn, raise hogs: when worth less, sell corn. At farm prices hogs are now sellmg for about $11 per cwt., while 12 bu of corn are worth more than $15. Thus corn is favored. Originated during the War when Herbert Hoover, the Food Administrator, was trying to boost hog production, the formula is actually 11.6-to-1, but farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Corn Squeeze | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

Yvonne 34½ in. 30¼ Ib...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: . . . And How They Grew | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

Emilie 34 in. 30 Ib...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: . . . And How They Grew | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

Marie 34 in. 27 Ib...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: . . . And How They Grew | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

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