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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week he lost the first round of a legal bout he has vowed to carry to the Supreme Court. Judge George C. Taylor of Federal District Court in Knoxville ruled that the President "has the power of removal as an incident to the power of appointment," but admitted that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Field of Doubt | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

One of Japan's favorite excuses for the "China Incident" has been population pressure-so many people on such dinky islands. Nevertheless the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare announced last week that it plans to distribute bonuses amounting to $60,000 among mothers who have more than ten children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Women in Wartime | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

"We would be in a hell of a fix if we had followed Mr. Chamberlain. We would be in the same fix we were in as a result of the Stimson incident [1932] when he and Sir John Simon endeavored to halt Japan's early conquest of North China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Dead Hare, Weeping Fox | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

In the House a maddened Texas delegation composed a resolution praising Garner to the skies, then hastily recalled it from the House press gallery, clipped out one sentence ("He has been a friend of labor for 30 years") and sent it back retyped. A two-minute standing ovation, with applause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: 25 Lousy Cents! | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Since the "China incident" started two years ago the people of Japan have been led to believe that the U. S. was, by & large, sympathetic to their aims. The failure of the U. S. to take action after the sinking of the Panay convinced them there was no danger of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Awakening | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

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