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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Today has been sort of a resurrection day in my office and a goodly portion of your readers have taken up a lot of my valuable time in telephoning to verify the statement made in your magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1939 | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Dick Harlow herded the boys into Dillon Field House for the whole practice session. It was the second time this year that they were forced to remain inside for an entire workout. Pass offense and defense again claimed a major portion of the Crimson mentor's attention, and the squad responded with improved play in these departments of the game...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: HELMAN PROMOTED TO SECOND TAILBACK JOB | 11/1/1939 | See Source »

...portion of the American Civilization Plan which is open to the general public consists this fall of a series of lectures on the general topic of "Backgrounds of American Architecture" by Lewis Mumford

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONANT APPOINTS U. S. CIVILIZATION GROUP CHAIRMAN | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...Louisville's overexpanded, undernourished-city water system and wrote a prescription. Its remedy: turn the $22,000,000 system over to private operation for ten years. Responsible American Water Works & Electric Co., operator of some 80 other water plants, had offered to run the plant profitably for a portion or the savings it could make on operation. To Mayor Scholtz's committee, astounded by the low earnings under city management (2½%), flabbergasted by a helter-skelter rate structure (51½% of Louisville consumers pay too much, 30% too little), it sounded like a good idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Colorado Consolation | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Traffic was stopped on University Place, Princeton Saturday afternoon, while a portion of the Tiger class of 1942 attempted to chastise the yearlings for flaunting the time-honored Princeton tradition of dink-wearing. Although the result was indecisive, the original handful of Sophomores was in possession of the field when the tussle was over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '42 Tigers Revolt | 10/5/1939 | See Source »

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