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Dates: during 1930-1939
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NOT one of the original 13 States, Vermont maintained herself as an independent Republic for 14 years against the British Empire, New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, each of which claimed her territory; did not join the United States as the 14th State until her terms and territorial claims were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 25, 1937 | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

Those who have long eyed the virgin territory of the reserved seat section, often wondered how many people successfully crash it. "Not many," said the usher. "After a while we learn to notice which reserved seats are filled and an experienced usher gets to know the set-up at a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ushering at University Theatre No Sinecure According to Staff Member | 1/19/1937 | See Source »

Mainspring. It is 75 years since George Norris was born on a farm in Sandusky County, Ohio, the youngest of eleven children. A few days before his second birthday his elder brother was killed in the battle of Gettysburg. When he was four his father died of pneumonia. He grew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEBRASKA: R. F. D. to F. D. R. | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Still subject to the approval of the Afghan National Assembly, which normally meets in May, Inland s concession was greeted by oilmen from New Jersey to the Dutch East Indies as a provisional triumph for U. S. oil. It would have been less provisional were Afghanistan better recognized as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Afghan Oil | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Additional factors in the German situation are that among Adolf Hitler's advisers both pro-colonists and anti-colonists are prominent. The faction of Dr. Schacht thinks it paramount for former German colonies to be returned, licks its chops at the colonies of Portugal, figuring that England could make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Uneasy Christmas | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

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