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...common, or Irish potato?and irate farmers throughout the land had at him as never before in his quiet respectable 45 years. Among the first communications that came before him was the following: "We, the undersigned men and women, American citizens living on our own land in West Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, N. J., conscious of our American heritage and determined to preserve it, hereby solemnly resolve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Potato Control | 9/9/1935 | See Source »

What the 35 citizens of West Amwell Township were taking a defiant stand against was a 15,000-word rider attached to the AAAmendments which became law fortnight ago, a rider which was discussed for not more than an hour in either house of Congress, was not supported by the AAA or by any national farm organization and yet was binding upon some 3,000,000 U.S. farmers who raise potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Potato Control | 9/9/1935 | See Source »

Allen E. Puckett, 16, of 1328 Otto boulevard, Chicago Heights, Ill.; Bloom Township High School; son of Roswell C. Puckett, Principal of Bloom Township High School; highest ranking boy in his class; co-editor of school annual, and a leader in school activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 10 CONANT FELLOWS AND 23 SCHOLARS SELECTED | 9/1/1935 | See Source »

...copy of TIME has 32 readers, while LETTERS has 18 readers. All are adults in this and the neighboring township. A list is prepared every week for both publications and when each has finished, he or she trots around with it to the next on the list. Does this constitute a world's record for number of readers of one copy of your publications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 27, 1935 | 5/27/1935 | See Source »

What had drawn the Democratic high command of Pennsylvania to such a bleak spot was a political massacre. On Election Eve in the tiny mining town of Kelayres, 600 Democrats hopeful of ending a 20-year Republican rule in their township decided to parade. A truckload of children and a man carrying a U. S. flag led a torchlight procession four blocks up the main street to the intersection where Republican Boss Joseph Bruno and his relatives have houses on three corners. On the fourth corner stands the Church of the Immaculate Conception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Parade | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

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