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...drought of 1930 did not deliver its full impact of human misery until the following autumn and winter. Recalling the volunteer assistance which South Dakota gave Arkansas in those terrible times, Editor W. T. Sitlington of the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat called upon the farmers of his State to repay a "mercy debt." Taking the cue, Governor J. Marion Futrell of Arkansas declared : "Gratitude calls upon the people of Arkansas who are able to do so, to show their appreciation and to show that they never forget a friend." Last week 20 carloads of hay, cotton seed meal and cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Raw Red Burn | 6/11/1934 | See Source »

...estranged daughter and her son, and a harmless professor are all brought together at the end to form one big, happy family. There is an excellent short of hunting coyotes by airplane. A whimateal cartoon, "Robin Hood" and a Thelma Todd comedy complete a bill that will well repay a few hours snatched from the last-minute cram...

Author: By N. G. M., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 6/11/1934 | See Source »

Last week big-hearted William Meringer was in Dublin with his wife and two children, doing his level best to repay destiny. He told Dublin relief workers to round up 700 poor gossoons and colleens. These he sat down to a great dinner in the City Hall. The piece de resistance: hasenpfeffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRISH FREE STATE: Payment | 6/4/1934 | See Source »

...however. The check was never meant to be honored, merely to be framed and hung in Georgia Hall at Warm Springs. Actually the funds it represented already stood to the credit of the Foundation in seven Manhattan banks. The President promised that the money would not be used to repay advances to the Institution. Of the $1,003,000, $100,000 was designated to be used "to stimulate coordination" of infantile paralysis work, $650,000 for "research and study" at Warm Springs, the remaining $253,000 for building and maintenance at the Institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: May 21, 1934 | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

...annual Bethlehem meeting for the first time in the memory of the oldest present. A stockholder declared there was "no excuse" for Mr. Schwab's high salary. President Eugene Gifford Grace, whose bonuses had twice topped $1,000,000, shushed him by replying that the company could never repay its debt to Founder Schwab. Thereupon the stockholders took a vote of confidence in priceless Mr. Schwab, only five dissenting. Rail orders were up, current operations were 52% of capacity against an average for the industry of 47%, said. President Grace. "We earned a profit on the preferred in March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Stockholders' Meetings | 4/23/1934 | See Source »

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