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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Post Office. To astonished Warm Springers, well-pleased at the growth of their village, the President began talking about a new post office, wondered why they had not demanded one. "What have we got?" he asked, "we have got a little over a year left," went on to explain that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Quiet | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

This time the problem is different. And the difference is the fault of an ambitious little country where life is not abundant, Japan. Last week a European squeeze was on The Netherlands, and Japan was on the alert. At the most opportune and opportunistic moment, out came a spectacular jingoistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Dutch Tweak | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Last week things got out of hand in his office. Two more corporate safes were on their way to him. Busy rearranging his office to squeeze them in, he was thinking of moving to new quarters. The newcomers: big United Shoe Machinery Corp. (assets: $124,468,000), formerly of Paterson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: Gift Horses | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

In thus cracking down on the Jews, the Führer apparently has secured sufficient funds to be able to forego the 20% capital levy on all German property threatened last February but which never materialized. However this year the immense Hitler Winter Relief Fund, to which Gentiles as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Second Squeeze | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

This squeeze may be a sign rather that the Japanese are desperate than that they are smart. They might lose their silk market forever. Last week in Wilmington, Del., Du Font's sheeny, much-publicized nylon hosiery went on sale at $1.15, $1.25, $1.35 (for different gauges), sold quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Paying with Silk | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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