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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...total number of Republican votes cast was so small that it was virtually ignored by the public, Chairman Hamilton's remark was characteristically optimistic. The Illinois primary was chiefly significant to Illinois, and since 1933 the time-honored complexities of Illinois politics have had, as their central theme, the struggle for State control between Democratic Governor Henry Horner and Chicago's Democratic Kelly-Nash machine. Last week victories of his two candidates for Senator and county judge made it look as though Governor Horner had finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: In Old Chicago | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

Extra-curricular activities, however, cannot be totally separated from academic pursuits. A strong indication of this is the emphasis placed on this subject in scholarship applications. No less than four questions on the National Scholarship applications are devoted to this theme, and also on the regular scholarship applications, the student's outside program is one of the most carefully scrutinized questions. Activities plus high grades have proven to be the ideal scholarship combination. But probably most important of all is the immeasurable social benefit to be derived from working as a member of some team or organization. These social contacts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVING IN THE WORLD OF MEN | 4/21/1938 | See Source »

Unfortunately for the effect of Governor Leche's soothing words, last speaker on the card was Secretary Wallace. His theme: Pan-Americanism is the best safeguard against dictatorships and "we now know there are nations which despise Democracy and which look with longing eyes toward this hemisphere." His blunt conclusion: "This challenge from the dictatorships of Europe caught us unawares. We lost for a time our common purpose, but now it has been restored. Europe, we thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Coliseum Fracas | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

Following the lead of The Thin Man (TIME, July 9, 1934), There's Always a Woman puts on a cheerful but exciting air of informality by making crime detection safe for the younger married set, plays prankish variations on the traditional theme that the police (Scotland Yard excepted) are always baffled. Best scene: Detective Blondell undergoing a third degree at the hands of her worsted cop competitors, ending up a fresh & dewy pink in a roomful of wilted bluecoats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 18, 1938 | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

Colleges are unfair unfair to organized baseball was the general theme of an interview with Eddie Collins, General Manager of the Boston Red Sox, yesterday at Fenway Park...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Eddie Collins Upholds Sponsorship of College Baseballers by Big Leagues | 4/16/1938 | See Source »

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