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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Japanese it all seemed negligible compared to the slap Japan received last week when President Roosevelt announced his billion-dollar naval program (see p. 9). Must we assume," asked Tokyo's famed Asahi, "that the United States will no longer contribute toward Peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Face | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

...182The longer the prospective married couple have known each other, the more likely is their marriage to be successful. Optimum periods: five or more years' acquaintance, three to five years' courtship, at least two years' engagement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Marriage Test | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

Mason Fernald is entered in the 60-yard high hurdles. Fernald was put out in the 45 yard hurdle semi-finals last Saturday in the Prout Games in the Boston Garden, but is expected to do better over the longer distance. Bob Haydock, Harvard record holder, will high jump. This will be his debut in 1938 winter track...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON TRACK MEN ENTERED IN MILLROSE | 2/4/1938 | See Source »

...love of Professor Bell don't tell anyone about this course. I may even make Group IV this year; if I did that, the old fellow ought to send me to Bermuda for the reading period." Harold was no more enthusiastic than I: the weekends already seemed longer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/2/1938 | See Source »

Bootlegging. In Philadelphia & Reading's petition under the Bankruptcy Act it cited the loss by 'legging of 4,000,000 tons annually. But this highly publicized illicit trade is no longer what it was. Several States have legislated against bootleg coal, leaving Philadelphia almost the sole market; surface outcrops suitable for bootleg mining are approaching exhaustion. Bootlegging never accounted for more than 8% of the total anthracite output, probably employed only 20,000 men at its peak. Last week the Commission guessed that it now employs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Industrial Cannibalism | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

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