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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Little new or revealing evidence of those ten tense years is placed before the observer; the events appear in much the same light that illumined them in 1932 or '33. The Japanese betrayal of the Kellogg-Brian compact began the downhill course. Following the Manchurian invasion, Secretary Stimson foresaw repetition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOOKSHELF | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

Last week a tone of desperate urgency crept into official pleas for more industrial and residential conversion from oil to coal for heating. James C. Richdale, chairman of the New England Council Liquid Fuel Committee, said: "We've got to quit talking about 75% [of normal fuel oil needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Bleak New England Days | 12/21/1942 | See Source »

With Boston's supply of blood plasma greatly diminished by a Cocoaunt Grove disaster and despite an additional supply being flown in from Washington, the Boston Donor Center has sent out pleas to all Harvard students for additional contributions. So great has been the initial response that appointments cannot be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON BLOOK CENTER ASKS ADDITIONAL HARVARD HELP | 12/1/1942 | See Source »

Even though this bill remains the only business before Congress, time will play an all-important role in its fate. Christmas is but three weeks away, and already members are anxious to get to the job of relaxation. Goaded by pleas from the White House, the Army and the Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blind Mouths | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

Most important defeat was in Baltimore, where the citizens trounced a $32,000,000 waterworks loan despite fervent pleas by their Mayor. San Francisco voters rejected a $7,950,000 appropriation to buy the 50-year-old Market Street Railway, partly because they thought the city fathers were not cut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Turn of the Tide | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

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