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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...death rain to begin momentarily, perhaps from closer bases in The Netherlands, out spoke six-foot Professor John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, one of Britain's most outspoken and respected scientists. He saw Madrid and Barcelona bombed. Predicting indiscriminate bombing if and when the bombers come, in London last week he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: ARP Bombed | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...example, last year at the end of the Yale race at New London an oarsman suddenly slumped over in his seat. He was operating under an old psychological reflex which required that after he had rowed a certain definite time he should stop and rest...

Author: By Harry Hammond, | Title: The Scientific Scrapbook | 11/16/1939 | See Source »

...London, a catalogue of books "suitable for sending to troops" was compiled by the Incorporated Society of Authors and the National Book Council. Titles numbered 1,321. Included: Mein Kampf, Das Kapital, War and Peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: War Notes | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Geneva (by George Bernard Shaw; produced by Maurice Colbourne & Barry Jones). At 83, Shaw is still almost the smartest guy in show business. Last year his Geneva-spoofing the League of Nations and potching the dictators-was produced at the Malvern Festival and in London. This year, the minute war broke out Shaw decided to bring Geneva up to date. He further announced that as long as the headlines continue to be dramatic, he will continue to crib from them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Toronto: Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...LONDON--First Lord of the Admiralty. Winston Churchill tonight blasted talk of peace and mediation in the European war with a blunt announcement that the Allies will fight until "that cornered maniac," Adolf Hitler, and his Nazi regime are crushed and destroyed...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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