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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Having measured the war boom in this fashion each spoke a word about its soundness. Said the Federal Reserve with reserve: "Unless there is considerable increase in the absorption of goods, the accumulation of inventories now under way might reach significant proportions." The significance of "significant" was left to businessmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Measurements | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

In 1907 Arthur Curtiss James was 40 and he had just received $25,000,000 by his father's will. Instead of diversifying his investment as he was advised, he began to concentrate in railroad securities. By 1926 he had a beard like a buffalo, owned the world'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Stepping Out | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

The main defect of The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is that it is not tragic. Until the very end, Elizabeth's insistence that Essex can save his head merely by sending back her ring makes the drama seem as unreal as a schoolgirl's tiff, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

The revised ending of Geneva brings the news that Hitler's troops have invaded Poland. Gloats Der Führer: "While you have been talking, my army has been doing." He turns to Mussolini for help. "Do you suppose," barks Il Duce, "that I am going to ruin my...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Toronto: Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

When twilight fell on the People's Game of 1939, most football fans agreed that it was not Irish luck but heads-up football that has made this gear's Notre Dame machine one of the few undefeated, untied teams in the country. Except for Notre Dame'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big One | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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