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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public he was only a name until he wrote one of his first Supreme Court decisions-the Panhandle Oil Co. case. His decision: the Panhandle Oil Co. need not pay a Mississippi State gas tax on sales made to the U. S. Coast Guard, because the company's part in such sales made it a "Federal instrumentality" and thus it could not be taxed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Solid Man | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...measure of the personal independence she was to demand, the young Queen refused point-blank to allow her Prime Minister to write her first public speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Worried Queen | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...governed directly. The Dutch authorities are not as lenient with the many sultans and princes whom they oversee, however, as the British. They strictly limit the native rulers' allowances and make sure that a part of every little State's income finds its way into education, hygiene, public works. Of the entire population, less than 10,000,000 are States' subjects; the remaining 50,000,000 are ruled direct from Batavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Worried Queen | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...weather is apt to be bad, and the price is often regarded as exorbitant. But despite all that, an overflow crowd flocked into the Stadium today. Most of the general public was seated somewhere behind the goalposts, but if there were more of these seats they would always be gobbled up quickly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard-Yale Gridiron Battle Has Appeal to Outsiders And Alumni Alike Who Jammed Soldiers Field Stadium | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

Yale in the person of Albie Booth put an end to Cantab hopes for an undefeated season in 1931, when the Eli leader split the goal posts for three vital points. The gilded era ended next year with sale of seats to the general public, which act Yale celebrated by a 19 to 0 shutout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summary of last 20 Years of Harvard-Yale Grid Contests | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

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