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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...command to us, as we can read in the Bible any time. But now they tell us that we raise too much. They tell us to leave some of our acres bare and watch them go to weed, and they come up and give us a little money and shoot our cattle on the ground, saying the cattle are starving and there are too many cattle anyway. God does not approve of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Wake of a Wave | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

...down with two bullets in her back (TIME, July 16). Last week more threats of disturbance in Rotterdam caused a large section of the city to be clapped under a state of alarm. In the Crooswyk quarter, where Communists were expected to demonstrate, troops moved in under orders to "Shoot on sight anyone who appears in the streets.'' When it came time for school children to go home the military police were ordered not to shoot at them, but otherwise to make no exceptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Shoot on Sight! | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

...Offensive in spots" were Stand Up and Cheer, Shoot the Works (see col. 3), The Thin Man, The Constant Nymph, It Happened One Night, Tarzan and His Mate, We're Not Dressing, Little Miss Marker, As the Earth Turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cardinal's Campaign | 7/16/1934 | See Source »

...Fort Lee, N. J. Eric Heyn wrote two farewell notes, climbed up on the railing of a bridge, ready to jump 250 feet to death. As he teetered, Policeman Chester Kirvin shouted: "Get down or I'll shoot." Down got Eric Heyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 16, 1934 | 7/16/1934 | See Source »

...pheasants to New York's famed restaurateur, Henri Charpentier, who insisted that they be killed on the wing. It gave them a special flavor to be shot down while tense, said he. President Edwin J. Walker of Eggs, Inc. took live birds to nearby hunt clubs, induced sportsmen to shoot them down for him. He declared last week that Eggs, Inc. was not "busted." It simply wanted to reorganize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Downtown | 7/16/1934 | See Source »

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