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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Said the killer's father, respected Rancher Walter W. Durand of Powell, Wyo.: "The boy seems to have gone insane and started killing men he has known throughout his lifetime. The great outdoors was my son's god. I think when he was sent to jail he went nearly crazy thinking about having to give up his outdoor life. . . . God help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Beloved Enemy | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

...Hines, taciturn and parsimonious, mother of eleven, had small faith in her husband's and son's management of money. They gave her all proceeds from the smithy except what they needed for personal expenses. She also had small faith in banks. This, says Jimmy Hines, explains why he had no bank account after 1908, why he carried large sums of cash. After he married in 1904 his wife bore him three sons and took care of most of his finances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Portrait of a Boss | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

...remains of the Great Discoverer are Seville, Spain, and Genoa, Italy. Many historians now agree with Trujillo that Seville's claims have been severely shaken. To Genoa's claims, little attention is paid. In company with Mrs. Fish and the Fish's 13-year-old son, Hammy, and dignitaries of Church & State, the U. S. Congressmen were feted, shown about spick & span Ciudad Trujillo, finally were invited to the Cathedral to view their host's Columbian relics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Jones's Relics | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

Julien Poydras, son of poor peasants at Nantes in France, loved a peasant girl. She had no dot, he had no money, and her parents took the French view of love without francs. Deprived of his intended, young Julien in 1768 took his heart to America, in Louisiana rose from peddler to owner of many acres and slaves. When he died, rich and unwed, in 1824, he bequeathed to the neighboring parishes of Pointe Coupée and West Baton Rouge $30,000 each, ". . . the interest ... to be employed in giving a dowry to all girls of the said parish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Poydras' Brides | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

Born. To David Whitmire Hearst, 23, youngest (with his twin, Randolph) son of Publisher William Randolph Hearst; and onetime Show Girl Hope Chandler, 18; a daughter, their first child; Hearst's fourth grandchild; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 3, 1939 | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

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