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¶Last autumn the American Institute of Food Distribution estimated that the 1934 tomato pack would be up some 20%, the corn pack 20%, the pea pack 15%, the string bean pack 9%. The Alaska salmon pack was the biggest on record. All during summer and autumn Drought dropped into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Earnings | 2/18/1935 | See Source »

"I first brought a duck into my net," said Joe Penner, while reclining in his dressing-room at Keith's, "back in the early days of my career, when I was touring the country in vaudeville acts, usually two jumps ahead of the hotel rent collector, which was not so...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Joe Penner Laments Thirty-Year Contract Which Forces Him to Peddle Ducks by Air and Movies | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

Author-Actress. Mrs. Norris says of her life, "It's just neutral." Yet she certainly fits no stereotyped category as a producer of literary lumber. A charming, friendly, incredibly busy woman, she is a concocter of treacly yarns, a romantic who laps up travel literature (Arctic exploration, mountain climbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Golden Honeymoon | 1/28/1935 | See Source »

In the two mile relay, Captain Scheu ran a two minute half mile, but finished fourth. In the one mile relay against Holy Cross, Harvard never regained the lead after Calvin relinquished it at the end of the first two laps. Harvard's "B" relay men pressed their opponents closely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACKSTERS WIN ONLY ONE FIRST IN OPENER | 1/28/1935 | See Source »

Sad young Walter Lohmann in his first Manhattan appearance, fell off his bicycle and broke his collarbone less than an hour after Jack Dempsey had fired the starting gun. Temperamental little Alfred Letourner, furious with his onetime teammate, harassed Marcel Guimbretiere mercilessly until that rider withdrew, 15 laps behind. For...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Race for Roses | 12/17/1934 | See Source »

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