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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much in salutation to the memory of England's well-loved "Old Girl" (scrapped in 1935) as in greeting to her namesake, 2,000 welcomers hallooed, waved, blew whistles, made comparisons. They found the new Mauretania a sturdier but less speedy version of the old, nearly two knots slower (average speed: 20.7 knots); less roomy (1,300 passengers); 13 feet shorter (length overall: 722 feet), but 4,000 tons heavier. Built for comfort, she will never duplicate the speed record of the "Old Girl," who held the mythical Blue Riband 22 years, until Germany's Bremen took...
...varying blonde shades, got nowhere in particular. RKO took her over, let her hair drift back to its natural shade, called her a "brownette," let her endorse Luckies, put her in fancy comedy (Smartest Girl in Town, Walking on Air, There Goes the Groom). This winter Cinemactress Sothern made up her pert mind to try something different. In Trade Winds (TIME, Dec. 26), she started her traipse back to earth...
Schleiden and Schwann. In 1839 in Germany lived two scientists, Mathias Schleiden and his follower, Theodore Schwann. In his publication on the cell issued at that time, Schleiden made this statement: "Each cell leads a double life: an independent one pertaining to its own development alone, and another, incidental insofar as it has become an integral part of the plant. It is, however, apparent that the vital process of the individual cell must form the very first, absolutely indispensable basis of ... physiology...
...Streets of Paris is a thoroughly agreeable, if never remarkable, revue, made to order for hot weather visitors. Although it is about as Parisian as a hot-dog stand, it makes the grade by continuous liveliness, Broadway showmanship and savvy...
This tractor is peculiarly Henry Ford's personal baby. It is his solution of his favorite problem: how to get people back to the farms. More extraordinary than the known facts about it were the claims that Henry Ford, usually far from boastful, made for it last week...