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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plaintive screed by Noel Burnet under Animals in TIME, Nov. 16, relative to the koala "Teddy bears" of Australia is not without its points. But rather than ask for a Santa Claus, why doesn't he offer for sale an enlarged colored picture of the bear & cub, such as you have reproduced, with the proceeds going to the present and future care and protection of the bears? If the picture were well done I would gladly pay a dollar for one to give to my little girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 7, 1936 | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...Bulletin, dated Jan. 1, 1884. The same issue contained a sketch of a brontosaurus, a facetiously polysyllabic and mildly risque poem about a mermaid and an octopus, articles on the musk ox and the flying fox of Australia; also included was a business-like list of catalogs for the sale of such natural history specimens as human skeletons. North American bird eggs, glass models of invertebrates. This periodical, published by Ward's Natural Science Establishment of Rochester, N. Y. was probably the earliest scientific "house organ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ward's | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Chapter 7- Last week, a year after Lawyer Spitz stepped in, Atlas Corp. & friends presented a reorganization plan for unhappy RKO. Chief features: 1) corporate simplification of RKO subsidiaries; 2) sale of new common stock to provide $1,600,000 fresh capital; 3) exchange of $11,600,000 in 6% debentures for new 5½% debentures plus stock; 4) acceptance by Rockefeller Center of 500,000 shares of new stock in settlement of claims for $9,150,000 for unpaid rent on offices, the Center Theatre and huge Music Hall's reduction of outstanding common stock by one-half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: RKO Primer | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...wives of faculty members in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University will conduct a sale of Greek art embroideries and silver work next Friday and Saturday, December 4 and 5, for the benefit of the Near East Industries at 197 Brattle Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sale for Near East | 12/1/1936 | See Source »

...elaborate system of inspection of inter-state shipment of food. The State has an extensive organization of food inspection with expert laboratory service and comprehensive laws, with heavy penalties for violation. Each local municipality has its system of food inspection, with regulations concerning food handling, refrigeration, storage, transportation, and sale of food...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor of Public Health Administration Claims Recent Food Poisoning Common Occurrence in Any Institution | 11/28/1936 | See Source »

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