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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Trend. Only comfort the President could give Congress was that the trend of deficits had turned downward from the 1934 peak. But 1939 will bring the Government's ninth consecutive deficit-three of them Herbert Hoover's, six Franklin Roosevelt's. The deficits for fiscal years in millions of dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Budget Message | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

...Miami Open, the Nassau Open and placed fourth in the Miami-Biltmore Open. He had won $2,000 in two weeks, had played twelve rounds of grueling competitive golf with an average of less than 69 strokes a round. In the Miami Open he had reached his peak when he zoomed away from the field to finish 13 strokes under par, scoring a 68, 67, 66, 66. Sam Snead became a nationwide sensation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winter Troupe | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

Just north of Bozeman, Mont, rears the 9,106-ft. bulk of Bridger Peak, near which years ago was started the Flaming Arrow Dude Ranch. Woodcutters and ranchers working in Bridger Peak's thick fur of timber presently heard the din of Nick Mamer's two motors. Looking up, they spotted the glistening airliner hovering in apparent difficulty over a small clearing. In a twinkling it plunged straight down, bashed its nose into the frozen ground so hard that the plane telescoped like a tin drinking cup. BOOM went the gasoline tank and instantly the wreck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Flaming Arrow | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

...Harvard has not yet reached its peak, and should they find themselves against the Tigers, they ought to win by a comfortable margin. If they continue to display the brand of hockey that has characterized their play so far this season, they are in for a busy evening, although a defeat would definitely be considered an upset...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOCKEY TEAM SEES HIGH HURDLE OVER TIGERS TOMORROW | 1/14/1938 | See Source »

When Depression struck in 1929, unemployment was a problem for which the U. S. was totally unprepared. Last week, such was not the case. On the contrary, Recession's latest unemployment peak came just in time to coincide with two New Deal schemes especially designed to deal with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Two Schemes | 1/10/1938 | See Source »

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