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America is represented by a fetish jar and club of the Zuni Indians in New Mexico. Such sacred objects are extremely difficult to obtain, since they are still used by many Zuni tribes today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW PEABODY DISPLAY FEATURES PREHISTORICS | 11/30/1938 | See Source »

...Before she sailed for London, President Roosevelt asked Mrs. Cummings to give him a private showing of herself in court gear, complete with three white plumes. She not only did that but sent him a jar of his favorite mushroom soup, for which he radioed her his thanks in midocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Exit Mr. Cummings | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...months of publication, Rural Progress had lost $951,000, that continued publication was made possible by cash obtained from Administration critics like Dr. Edward A. Rumely (executive secretary of Publisher Frank Gannett's National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government), the late Banker Frank A. Vanderlip and his family, Jar-Maker George A. Ball. Like practically every farm paper in the U. S., Rural Progress usually manages to find something wrong with President Roosevelt's farm policies. These facts constituted the most damaging charges that Mr. Minton could bring against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Minton v. Frank | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

Those of the 400,000,000 Chinese people who heard about it hailed with wild delight this magnificent success, their first major victory in ten months of war. Cracked China's famed "Christian General," General Feng Yu-hsiang: "The Japanese are soft-shelled turtles in a closed jar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Soft-Shelled Turtles | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

...Elmont, L. I., John Hecker went to spend the night with his friend John Jackson. Guest Hecker, to provide better light, set an oil lamp on a stove. It exploded. Host Jackson, to put out the fire, emptied a gallon jar on the flames. It contained kerosene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 28, 1938 | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

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