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One year ago exactly Herr Bruning came to power comparatively unknown (TIME, April 7, 1930) except as a protege of old Paul von Hindenburg. Last week he stood at the German zenith. He had just put through an unpopular budget against hot opposition, ahead of time. He had forced the...
Came a note from jubilant Spanish Finance Minister Juan Ventosa, protege of Barcelona's Millionaire Francisco Cambo:
¶ Tommy Loughran, limber, cautious, dexterous Philadelphia heavyweight: a ten-round fight with Ernie Schaaf, pale protege of Jack Sharkey. Two years ago Sharkey knocked out Loughran. Last week Sharkey said: "If Loughran beats Schaaf, I'll fight him again."
Died. Samuel Hill, 73, railroad and highway builder, son-in-law of the late great Railroader James Jerome ("Empire Builder") Hill; of intestinal influenza; in Portland, Ore. Born in Deep River, N. C., he went to Harvard, practiced law in Minneapolis. He became a protege of the "Empire Builder" and...
Back into the Senate bullpen President Hoover last week tossed the World Court.∙ Senators were astonished. The President asked for its consideration at this session "as soon as possible after the emergency relief and appropriation legislation has been disposed of." Then he invited in for luncheon Elder Statesman Elihu...