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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mary Johnson, perhaps taking cognizance of recent figures re shortage of men on her West Coast, makes a plea (TIME, April 24) that older men be sent to war and the younger men stay home because "the country cannot afford further sacrifice of potential fathers." Not to avoid putting on the uniform again, but simply to defend the reputations of those of us who are 40 and over, I protest we are still potential. The late Arthur Brisbane argued and the still kicking Dr. Richard T. Ely (80 plus) is demonstrating that older sires tend to produce intellectually superior offspring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 8, 1939 | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

After Indianapolis, Charles Lindbergh flew out of public sight. He went back east to meet Anne Morrow Lindbergh and their two little Lindberghs, who arrived from perilous Europe to stay awhile with Grandmother Elizabeth Morrow at Englewood, N. J. But Father Lindbergh could not tarry long. He had 25 other visits to make before he could turn out a report for his admiring superior, Major General Henry H. Arnold. Expert Lindbergh in that document will have a chance to compare what he finds in the U. S. with what he found in Germany, Russia, England. His report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: High & Fast | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...Senate on propaganda,suggesting that plenty of it was afoot today as in 1914-17 to draw theU. S. abroad. Said he: '"We cannot escape part in it if war comes to Europe.' Why does this thought persist and grow . . .? Norway, Sweden,Denmark, Holland, Switzerland and Spain stayed out of the last war. There were 55,000,000 people living in democracies at the very door of the war in Europe. If they could stay out . . . why must we even lend ourselves to the thought that we cannot stay out? . . ." Gerald Nye did not give his opinion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Stay-Outers | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...report confounded defeatists who moan that U. S. collegians can expect nothing but frustration. If the typical college graduate is unlikely to become rich, he is still better able to get a job, earn a living and stay married than are his non-college contemporaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: After College | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...five is Larry Kingman, a steady oarsman from last year's Jayvee crew. His stroke seems to stay fairly smooth consistently. In front of him in the six position is Quinby Taylor, six foot, six inch giant, who, because of his height just about confines his rowing to his arms. This is accentuated by the unusually short stroke that Harvard crews use. He pulls the most water in the boat but seems to have trouble with timing his catch. He came up from the combination crew last spring...

Author: By William W. Tyns, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

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