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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cleveland. Reform Republican Mayor Harold Hitz Burton was embarrassed when his Democratic opponent, Engineer John O. McWilliams, accused him of collecting a "slush fund" to swing votes in tough wards. The Board of Elections, investigating, found that Mayor Burton had spent $12,860 more than he had reported, bringing his total to $41,212. Cried Engineer McWilliams, who reported an expenditure of $4,700: "The Mayor is carriying deception and falsification even into his campaign." Mayor Burton's campaign treasurer explained that he had borrowed and supplied the $12,860 personally. Betting odds continued to favor Mayor Burton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Campaigns | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...anxiety as Sutler Cannaday threatened, "I'm going to liquidate this poultry farm! I'm going to sell my hens for a measly $1.50 in inflated pesetas each! I'm going to abandon chicken houses, laying racks, individual pens and equipment on which I've spent $10,000! Yes sir, I'm going to salvage what I can and clear out of Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sutler's Salvage | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

Cantor joined Twentieth Century-Fox in September 1936 under a three-picture arrangement for a reputed $1,000,000, after having spent the previous seven years with Samuel Goldwyn and United Artists. He bought his release from the Goldwyn contract when Goldwyn failed to buy Three Men on a Horse for him. AH Baba Goes to Town is his first film under the Twentieth Century-Fox agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 1, 1937 | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...member of the expedition spent a month making a survey of wild life in Northern Sumatra with special reference to the orange utan and the National Park established for its preservation by the Netherlands Indian Government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Behavior of Wild Gibbons Subject of Study by Asiatic Primate Expedition | 10/29/1937 | See Source »

...customary, greater emphasis is based on fundamentals in preparing men for Varsity material than on winning games. Subsequently practice is spent almost exclusively on blocking and tackling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING ELEVEN IMPROVED AFTER ANDOVER CONTEST | 10/28/1937 | See Source »

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