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Word: tobaccos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Shocked underlings investigated, found she was the wife of a dentist, had obtained the money by selling gold from the teeth of Navy Minister Matsumasa Yonai after work done in her husband's office. Enthusiastic citizens of Durham, N. C. ("The Friendly City"), gave a dinner for American Tobacco President George Washington Hill, there to inspect his plant. One of the hosts, Publisher Carl C. Council arranged to have his Durham Herald City Editor Bob Mason interview President Hill after the festivities. City Editor Mason appeared, was given no interview, carried away only an impression of a flashily-dressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 18, 1937 | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

...once the pride of Clinton, Ky., no longer exists. In the late nineties, long before he became the new democratic leader of the Senate. Alben went out once a week to "do or die" on Marvin's football field. His muscles had been hardened on his father's Kentucky tobacco farm. It is said that when Alben Barkley came down the field, everyone got out of his way. But he could forgive his enemies while demolishing them, for he never missed prayer meetings at Marvin College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Good Friend Alben" | 10/6/1937 | See Source »

...once the pride of Clinton, Ky., no longer exists. In the late nineties, long before he became the new democratic leader of the Senate. Alben went out once a week to "do or die" on Marvin's football field. His muscles had been hardened on his father's Kentucky tobacco farm. It is said that when Alben Barkley came down the field, everyone got out of his way. But he could forgive his enemies while demolishing them, for he never missed prayer meetings at Marvin College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Good Friend Alben" | 10/5/1937 | See Source »

...year), finally succumbed-but not exclusively-to the Kellogg Co. (Corn Flakes), which also has contracts with the University of Oklahoma, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Nebraska and Fordham. Michigan State has signed up with the Olds division of General Motors and the University of Iowa with Brown & Williamson (Sir Walter Raleigh) Tobacco Corp. For the third year Humble Oil & Refining Co. of Houston will have a monopoly of Southwest Conference games. On the Pacific Coast, Associated Oil Co. ("Let's Get Associated") began its twelfth and biggest broadcasting season, during which it will sponsor about 100 "sportcasts" at a cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kickoff | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

...There are today some 2,000 picked Mormon missionaries working in 23 countries, always traveling in pairs of which the more experienced is the "Senior Companion." A Mormon salestalk emphasizes the practicality of Mormonism, its orthodox belief in God and Jesus Christ, its healthiness with its teachings against alcohol, tobacco, tea & coffee, "refined foods." Once convinced by a missionary that "silly tales" about Mormons have been "fully disproved," a prospect is likely to be impressed by Mormon statistics-literacy among saints in the U. S. 99.7%, births 30 per 1,000 as compared with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mormons, Money, Missions | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

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