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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Wide-eyed, naïve Mr. Rumrich set the theme for as fantastic a comedy as ever made fools of peepsters. He got $290 a month from the Germans. They got: 1) Government weather reports (available to anybody); 2) a subscription to the unofficial Army & Navy Register (which welcomes subscribers); 3) a Government Printing Office list of Army & Navy publications (free to all); 4) continuous assurances, often delivered by transatlantic messenger, that invaluable information would be turned up most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Spy Business | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...first World Zionist Congress in 1897 was disproved by internal evidence. Most likely the Protocols were concocted by Tsarist secret police at the turn of the century. In the light of the political absurdities, the economic fantasies, the contradictory strategies outlined in the "plot," only the most naïve could sincerely believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Egregious Protocols | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...Harrington Kenneth Gates, nicknamed "Heavenly." Once, in the college library, Heavenly Gates with powerful fists ripped up a copy of Freethinker Tom Paine's Common Sense which someone handed him. Once he turned in tortured fury on a football player who said: "Say, Heavenly, if you've got any pull with God, tell him to stop this rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Heavenly Gates | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...Herald-Times, and 2) herself, as a candidate for a $9,000 a year job as a District of Columbia Commissioner. Of the President Columnist Evie gushed the other day: "He was so charming that I forgot to be frightened. ... It was quite the most impressive experience I've had, and had it not been for that great personality, I would have been scared to death! He sat up behind his big desk and put every person instantly at ease. He answered questions good-naturedly and quickly-I wonder if there's a question in the world that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Evie's Apples | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...ve got a strong team," Carr admits. This year it has been experience and coordination which has spelled their outstanding success. A hard-working lot with shifty passing and splendid ball control, the soccermen rolled over Tufts, Amherst, Dartmouth, and Springfield. When their accustomed accuracy faltered against the kickers from Nassan, the squad went into a decided slump which didn't let up for the M.I.T. encounter. "Against the Tigers we went stale," the Coach explained, "but I think we've pulled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

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