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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William Henry Harrison (ninth President) was a Virginian; Reader Rosema meant Benjamin Harrison (23rd). Overlooked: Ulysses Simpson Grant, born in a cabin at Point Pleasant, 22 miles up the Ohio River from Cincinnati. Reader Rosema will find the cabin, restored, a part of Grant Memorial Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 29, 1939 | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Until this week courts had held that Article III-Section 1 of the Constitution* meant the Federal Government could not tax its judges' salaries. The inference was that Congress might sway justice by slapping taxes on its dispensers. That interpretation, acid-tongued Justice Felix Frankfurter in effect ruled this week, is so much tommyrot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Judges Are Also Citizens | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Miners and operators alike knew what this meant: Franklin Roosevelt not only endorsed John Lewis' demands for a union shop*but invited operators and their district associations to break ranks, sign as a public duty. If they refused, the Administration would back John Lewis in the resultant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Cancelled Debt | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...well stocked with the latest artistic catchwords and cliches--are advised to stay as far away from this presentation as possible. The combination of internal thought and external appeal, the juxtaposition of the serious and the light, make this exhibit more than merely interesting. It has guts and is meant for living people...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...bounce style that never is as tiring as the Goodman four-four "smack." As to what bounce is, combine the sensations of riding over a bumpy road, and Hedy Lamarr for best explanation. Listen to the band's recording of "My Blue Heaven" and you'll see what is meant. Besides playing excellent ensemble swing and "show" numbers such as "Put On My Old Grey Bonnet," Lunceford has one of the few colored outfits in the country that play really danceable, tasteful sweet music. His "Dream of You" was voted outstanding dance record of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swing | 5/19/1939 | See Source »

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