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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spawn had never been counted, the census figures did not provide accurate comparisons. Most of the salmon who used the stairs did so as though they had been climbing ladders all their lives. Effete salmon who wanted to be scooped up by the lift were disappointed. Lifts will not start operating for another two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Civilized Salmon | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...eupeptic. No really bad play landed on its feet, though several got passing marks almost entirely through star acting: Susan and God because of Gertrude Lawrence, Whiteoaks because of Ethel Barrymore, Once Is Enough because of Ina Claire. Further, it was a season in which, from start to finish, the critics acted as pacesetters: No-play they panned became a hit, and none they cheered turned out a flop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Exit Smiling | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...Bronx Baby Minding Service. One of the people who thus unexpectedly met Joseph Becker was New York's License Commissioner Paul Moss, who three days later summoned the young impresario, told him it is against the law to run an employment agency without a license. "I'll start another career," said Joseph Becker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Listeners' Shows | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...June 1 for the start of anti-trust action against Aluminum Co., June 9 against Ethyl Gasoline Corp., and announced a new publicity policy in connection with anti-trust investigation. Businessmen have wished Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings and his department would tell them in advance what they were allowed to do under the antitrust laws. Mr. Cummings last week said that henceforth he would issue frequent statements covering: 1) conditions in an industry which he thinks are in restraint of trade; 2) economic results he hopes to get from an anti-trust proceeding; 3) reason he chose a particular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Government's Week: May 30, 1938 | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...shortest games of recent history here the Varsity nine downed Rhode Island State 4-1 yesterday. Blazing the minutes away for an hour and three quarters, Tom Healey, set the visitors back on their heels with a fast one and superb control, while George Hines after a shaky start bent a rich assortment of curves over and under the home team bats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Makes Short Work of Rhode Island, 4 to 1 | 5/26/1938 | See Source »

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