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Mr. Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, in the words of the Nation, "finds it well-nigh impossible to make good traditional Republicans out of young persons infected with the heresies of university theorists." The only solution he can offer to this ever-increasing problem, which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MENACE | 4/22/1931 | See Source »

Senator Norris: Mr. Watson . . . used to be, before he became a Senator, a lobbyist. I presume his former masters are better satisfied with his work in than they were with his work out of Congress. . . . Little Jimmie Watson ought to gather up a bunch of marbles, go out and hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: At the Carlton | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

Mr. Lucas, who wanted to see the smallest detail possible, revived the German's idea, designed an ultraviolet microscope for experimentation. Because ultraviolet is invisible to the human eye he had to focus the rays upon a sensitive fluorescent plate, take pictures of the objects under his microscope. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Microscope | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

At this time, the largest ordinary microscopes gave a practicable magnification of 1,500 times. Microscopists thought that the instrument had reached the limit of its development. Because he found ultraviolet difficult to control, Mr. Lucas also worked with visible light, developed an instrument which was about four times as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Microscope | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

Oliver G. Lucas, vice president of Chase National Bank, was made president of Canal Bank & Trust Co., New Orleans. A year ago Chase was supposed to have acquired a big interest in Canal Bank.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Personnel: Mar. 2, 1931 | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

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