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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan it was revealed that since last autumn Nikola Tesla, 80, eccentric, Lika-born electrical inventor, had been paying Western Union to send a messenger boy to the Public Library promenade twice daily, scatter 5 Ib. of corn for the pigeons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 10, 1937 | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...Billionaire were originally favored because horses from the stable of their owner, whose horses' names always begin with B, have won the Kentucky Derby four times; and because Owner Bradley had bet $10,000 to $11,000 with Owner Louchheim that Brooklyn would beat Pompoon, winter book favorite. Twice Bradley horses have finished in tandem position in winning the Derby (Behave Yourself & Black Servant in 1921, Bubbling Over & Bagenbaggage in 1926). Since last week's race was the second one in which the pair have finished second and third this spring, there seemed no good grounds for expecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 63rd Derby | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...killed one woman and is planning to kill another gives him a fascination for her which, when a curious police inspector is examining the hatbox, makes her remove it before he gets a chance to look inside. Horrified at her reactions, more and more drawn to Danny, Olivia twice tries to run away but comes back both times. The second time is the night that Danny does away with Mrs. Bramson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 10, 1937 | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...voice of William Shakespeare rang out twice last week in the high courts of two States as that widely informed Elizabethan's opinion was cited in a pair of widely different cases. In Indiana, the Bard's side won. In New York it lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Bard Cited | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...broad jump. Johnson's poor performance has been laid by some to a mental condition imposed upon him by the memory of a torn muscle acquired on the same track a year ago. It is to be doubted though that this supposed handicap should cause him to foul twice in the broad jump and strain so as he never has before at the finish of the hundred. More likely is it that Ben had an off day familiar to most track...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Wins Heptagonal in Upset | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

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