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Word: maye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Ethel May Dell, fiftyish, prolific author of 16 super-saccharine best-selling novels (Greatheart, The Hundredth Chance, The Lamp in the Desert, etc.); in Hertford, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 25, 1939 | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...Octave Chanute and Glenn Curtiss, waded ear-deep into aviation. In 1922, heartened by the success of his crude "Batwing," he drafted plans for the first all-metal commercial plane. To some 100 U. S. industrialists went Inventor Stout, asked them for $1,000 each. Said he: "You may never get your money back, but you'll have $1,000 worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Turtle to Batwing | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...Moore predicted the exact month in which the British General Strike would begin: May 1926. He foretold Anschluss between Germany and Austria a year in advance. Nevertheless, last month in the Sunday Dispatch Old Moore said flatly: "During August . . . there is no doubt that Mr. Chamberlain will steer the Ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: People's Augurs | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...193rd opening session of Princeton, warned them of propaganda techniques: "You have no weapons to combat them except the clarity and power of your thought processes and a balanced emotional outlook. Let nothing else divert you from using your mind, however painful or drab its use at times may seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 25, 1939 | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Regardless of what your trouble may be, you can look the world in the face; solve all your problems; get what you want and fear no man or circumstance. Your happiness and success demand that you print your name clearly and send it to Rev. Charles P. Colbert, Detroit, Mich., 545 Owen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Holy Oil | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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