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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Living in the interior of Brasil as I am, TIME is absolutely invaluable to me, an American. It is too of extreme importance in the education of my children-particularly the three oldest of five, my two daughters age 13 and 14 and son 11. It will be of invaluable assistance when they go to school and college in the States to have been able to keep in accurate touch with the affairs of their country as well as foreign news of importance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 10, 1929 | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

...defense was that he had had the jurors followed to protect them against federal influences; that in no case had the operatives made direct contact with the jurors. The trial justice sentenced Sinclair to six months in jail, Day to four months, William J. Burns to 15 days and son William Sherman Burns, to pay a $1,000 fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Day In, Burns Out | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

That the murals are down-right had art and in very poor taste, I do not think there is much doubt. The artists I know of (I am the son of one of the species, and live in the atmosphere) don't even take such work seriously; they look at it, I should say as simply Babbit stuff (which, unfortunately at times will get into institutions of higher learning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Preface to Murals | 6/6/1929 | See Source »

Such has been the history of many a U. S. scandal. But such was not the case last month when 19-year-old Howard, Prince of Sagan, son of the Duchess de Talleyrand, who was Anna, the daughter of the late wealthy Jay Gould, shot himself on purpose in his mother's Paris home. The press did not get wind of the story until last week. When the press came, the Duchess was ready with a frank, detailed and-most important of all-entirely literate statement; one that prevented garbling by scandal-monging journals. The statement said: "The Duke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Talleyrand Motel | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

...which a person can be embarrassed, shamed and disgraced has never been clearly defined. But up to last week one Theodore W. Purtee, of Cincinnati, considered that a 12-month-old baby was not too young to be embarrassed, shamed, disgraced. A concern used Mr. Purtee's infant son's picture for advertising purposes in a manner which he thought most humiliating. Father Purtee sued for $5,000 damages, alleging that Infant Purtee had, because of it, been "ridiculed by friends and acquaintances." Furthermore, the picture hard been published without Infant Purtee's permission. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Damage Suits | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

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