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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...what he enjoyed last week. Far at sea east of the West Indies, his exact position unknown to the entire world, he played defending the Western Hemisphere with the bulk of the U. S. Navy. Submitting himself to strict wartime naval censorship, Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt dropped out of sight with Admiral Leahy on the cruiser Houston after steaming in for a close look at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, receiving Governor Lawrence Cramer of the Virgin Islands on board in St. Thomas Harbor, and paying a courtesy call on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius ("Statia"). The President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Sport of Presidents | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...National Association of Audubon Societies, proposed examinations comparable to automobile drivers' tests. An applicant, he mildly suggested, should be made to show his knowledge of how to load, carry, fire and unload a gun, prove his ability to read game laws and posted signs, know by sight the game birds and animals in his vicinity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Wildlife Conference | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...faction under the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem has long tried to achieve that end by terrorism, while the Defense Arabs, under two leaders, Fakhri Bey Nashashibi and his uncle Ragheb, wanted negotiation. The Mufti Arabs refused to negotiate with the Defense Arabs, whom they would shoot on sight in Palestine. By diligent shuttling Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald finally got them together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Triangular Round Table | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

With holy oil Monsignor de Romanis touched the Pope's closed eyes. "By this holy unction and His most loving mercy may the Lord pardon thee whatever thou hast sinned by sight." The dying man's ears, nose, mouth, hands, feet by holy unction were shrived. With the others' low voices joining in the responses, Monsignor de Romanis prayed: "Make safe Thy servant, my God, who trusts in Thee. Send him, 0 Lord, help from Thy holy place, and defend him out of Zion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Death of a Pope | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Shock From Lima, Peru, came a Decameronian tale: a stroke of lightning which ripped off all the clothes of a beautiful young woman in the streets of Calendin (pop.: 5,000), left her mute from shock. Shocked in his turn by the dazzling sight, a passer-by who had long been mute, recovered his powers of speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 13, 1939 | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

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