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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your excellent article on Mrs. Roosevelt (TIME, April 17), can you tell me why the Boston Traveler (owned by the arch-Republican Boston Herald) published her column "My Day" only a few days three years ago and then discontinued it? No other Boston paper publishes it at the present time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Suma's thesis is his careful avoidance of the basic question of the morality of one nation forcibly jamming its desires down the throat of a weaker neighbor. Then again, while he builds up an effective indictment against the Chinese for their part in hastening the outbreak of the present hostilities, Mr. Suma says nothing concerning the earlier conquest of Manchuria and North China...

Author: By Rodman W. Paul, | Title: Guardian Features Article on Today's Germany; Defense of Japanese Policy | 4/29/1939 | See Source »

Star four is the previously mentioned Miss Fitzgerald, who will be backed by Jack Hill's band. The Smoker Committee has been diving in and out of every dance spot in the section trying to find a band good enough to back the notables present. Hill's outfit, from the Little Dixie, definitely fills the bill. Fine rhythm, with excellent brass solos, and a tenor sax man that plays Lester Young (Count Basic) ideas all go to make up a very solid swing style...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 4/28/1939 | See Source »

...much of the self-assured Producer filter into his portrayal of the lazy and dissolute Ted. Yet despite the defects of Laughton's acting, his skill in the creation of a distinguished production show that he has kept his place as one of the top-notch men in present-day moviedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: *The Moviegoer* | 4/28/1939 | See Source »

...committal as to his present political inclinations, Lewis said, "Too many people discuss politics who don't know what they're talking about. But I do like LaGuardia's Fusion Party administration in New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wells Lewis Plans Political Career; Denies First Novel Is Autobiography | 4/28/1939 | See Source »

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