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Serious, square-headed Ivan I. Gordeeff, agent in the U. S. for Russia's great Torgsin chain-store system, proudly announced last week in Manhattan that Torgsin had taken over the U. S. 5?-&-10?? store idea. Torgsin's 5-&-10 kopek stores are already doing business in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 5-&-10 Kopeks | 4/23/1934 | See Source »

First important glassmaker in U. S. history was Caspar Wistar who opened a factory in 1739 in Salem County, N. J. His specialty was two-color work, generally of little depth, but he succeeded in producing a quantity of whiskey bottles now avidly sought by collectors as South Jersey glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Glass by Steuben | 3/5/1934 | See Source »

As his ship neared Europe a wireless message came telling him to proceed to Bremen. There an engineer from the Artiglio II gave him minute descriptions of two safes to be opened by divers 400 ft. below the surface. A third had been opened with an acetylene torch, damaging the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cocky Locksmith | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

Last year TIME made its large-scale radio debut on Columbia Broadcasting System with a program every Friday evening, called "The March of Time," a half-hour's re-enactment of significant news stories of the week. The feature won instant popularity with a smaller audience than "The Goldbergs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Question of Responsibility | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

Brazilians would not have been surprised had President Hoover vacated his White House, installed the Prestes therein. When Mr. Hoover as President-elect visited Rio de Janeiro* hospitable President Washington Luis of Brazil moved out of his official residence, Guanabara Palace, and in for 60 hours moved Mr. & Mrs. Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Prestes & Hoover | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

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