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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would not have you think for a single minute that there is permanent disaster in these Drought regions, or that the picture I saw meant depopulating these areas. No cracked earth, no blistering sun, no burning wind, no grasshoppers are a permanent match for the indomitable American farmers and stockmen and their wives and children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Journey of Husbandry | 9/14/1936 | See Source »

After five days of play, Perry, Budge, Grant, Parker, Mangin, Wood and Riggs reached the fourth round safely. In the match to determine the quarter-finalists, however, Riggs had the misfortune to play John Van Ryn, onetime Davis Cup player. Unseeded and unranked because of insufficient play, Riggs was eliminated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Favorite at Forest Hills | 9/14/1936 | See Source »

...trick is to ignite the match without call-ing it to the attention of the victim. That is where Jack's cigar comes in. Striking a match to ignite the "hot foot" would make a noise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 31, 1936 | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

...match burns quietly down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 31, 1936 | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

Engaged. Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark, 21, niece of Denmark's Christian X and Norway's Haakon VII, second cousin of Edward VIII; and Count Luitpold zu Castell-Castell of Bavaria, 31; in Copenhagen. Palace gossip had reported her a possible match for Edward VIII...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 31, 1936 | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

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