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Possibly just as influential on Chicago's WPA painting are certain restrictions on subject matter imposed by the assistant to the national director, shrewd, brown-eyed Mrs. Increase Robinson. They are: no nudes, no dives, no social propaganda. Presumably tranquilized by these exclusions, by a living wage of $94...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Chicago Project | 8/8/1938 | See Source »

For two months, the balloon, billowing up in the Teruel-to-the-Mediterranean front, has been in Leftist hands. Last week, unable to stand up under the downpour of shells, bald-domed General Jose Miaja, commander-in-chief on the Leftists' southern front, inched his troops backward, holed up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Balloons Burst | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

Likewise last week, Mormons everywhere marked the 100th anniversary of the month during which Founder Smith, making known to his people the will of the Lord, decreed that the work of his church should be supported by tithes- 10% of everyone's income. How much the tithing fund of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tithes and Security | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

When Barbara was twelve years old, she inherited nearly $20,000,000 of the fortune which her rugged grandfather had amassed from his 5-&-10? stores. Barbara's pile grew under her broker father's careful management. At the age of 21 she could write her check for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Kids | 7/4/1938 | See Source »

At 6:30 on the night of March 1, a Transcontinental & Western Air Douglas DC2 transport left San Francisco with six passengers and a crew of three, headed for Los Angeles. At the rugged Tehachapi Mountains, it met the vanguard of the worst storm the West Coast has seen for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Stark Find | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

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