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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In 1935 Communists the world over, including those in the U. S., took a raincheck on revolution. Object: by joining a "united front" for capitalist democracy, to make the democracies allies of Soviet Russia against Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan. Last week world Communists, including those in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADICALS: Veil Torn | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

History. When Herbert Croly launched his new liberal "journal of opinion" 25 years ago, definition was easier. At that seething high tide of trustbusting, muckraking, Bull Moose progressivism, the settlement house movement, the suffragette movement, the I.W.W., liberals were also many things, but they were above all hopeful. In an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC OPINION: Liberals | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Other European nations planned to forego Armistice Day exercises this week. Italy last week celebrated her World War victory over Austria-Hungary in her own Armistice Day (Nov. 4) ceremonies. The Prince of Piedmont, heir to the throne, representing the House of Savoy, and Premier Benito Mussolini, representing the Fascist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Anniversaries | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Such was Swedish alarm that Foreign Minister Rickard Sandler declared flatly that "if the Finns agree to present ports to the Soviet Union this would signify the end of Scandinavia!" The Pravda headline over this was Hypocritical Political Game Of Certain Swedish Statesmen. Russian press and radio charged that Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Bitter Pills | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

There are only two airlines in the world which cancel flights when the weather is too good. They are both in China-Eurasia Aviation Corp. (partly German-owned) and China National Aviation Corp. (partly owned by Pan American Airways)-and the reason for their idiosyncrasy is that their courses lie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: New Route, New Factory | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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