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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year sentence, saying he was "more sinned against than sinning." He barely missed re-election while under sentence, and again while in jail in 1934. He came back strong in 1936. At that time he said: "When I first became mayor, I was long on ideals and short on practical politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Hellzapoppin | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...race against whom all had been done that could be done short of mass murder, the Berlin Zwoljuhrblatt screamed: "Woe to the Jews if another helper is paid or incited by them and raises his murderous hand against a German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Woe to the Jews! | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

Then follow a number of movements from Schumann's "Carnaval," a set of short piano pieces here given in a workmanlike, never unduly colorful orchestration made by Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Liadov, and Nicolas Chereprin for the Russian Ballet. The most pleasant piece, "Reconnaissance," is omitted; but the rest is good to hear nevertheless. The final march in three-quarter time may puzzle some people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 11/25/1938 | See Source »

...sang a short solo. Woody stopped and looked around towards the offender. There was no mistaking him this time. The girls giggled. Oh Vag, what has become of thee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/25/1938 | See Source »

...short, "Great Lady" is a fine show, and if it ran all night it would still be good entertainment...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/23/1938 | See Source »

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