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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From Tarzana, Calif, (named after his tree-swinging nature-man) Author Edgar Rice Burroughs issued an ultimatum to all wrestlers, boxers, strongmen, footballers calling themselves Tarzan: " 'Tarzan' is a copyrighted trademark and if these plug-uglies insist upon using it, I'm going to insist on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 29, 1939 | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

In India, Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi publicly apologized for his recent hunger strike victory over the autocratic Thakore Saheb of Rajkot. It was coercion, said the Mahatma, to have accepted British intercession. "I should have been content to die if I could not have melted the Thakore Saheb's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 29, 1939 | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Economist Hansen went on to point out that from 1922 to 1928 the U. S. population increased 9.1%; from 1930 to 1936 only 4.3%. Contracting with it, all private construction has fallen from a $9 billion annual business to $4 billions. If the New Deal chooses to take Mr. Hansen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: New Offensive? | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

To integrated companies (such as Standard Oil of New Jersey, Texas Corporation, Gulf Oil), this is not vital. If their refining operations show a loss, it is merely a bookkeeping matter provided that their crude oil production is efficient, shows a greater profit, for they still have net earnings. To...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETROLEUM: One of Two Things | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

His first public-relations job was for President Harding, who wanted a brewing scandal in the Veterans Administration hushed. About 1928 he hooked up with the Democratic Party, now would like to have it believed he stands in well with Franklin Roosevelt. He is a trustee of the National Home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC UTILITIES: Mixer | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

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