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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Caterpillar: "What size do you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Grabberwoch Came G | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Since Adolf Hitler forbids Germans to accept Nobel Prizes, Domagk has already politely refused to take the prize money (TIME, Nov. 6). Kuhn and Butenandt will probably do the same, unless they want to perform the scientific experiment of living in a concentration camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cookies from Stockholm | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Magdalene Sieber, better known as Marlene Dietrich, cast her first vote as a U. S. citizen in Beverly Hills, Calif. Asked how she voted on Ham & Eggs, Marlene said: "When I became a citizen they told me my vote was sacred-and for that reason I don't want to tell how I voted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Rhea did not want to be a tipster (though he did well by himself playing the market, averaged $436.19 gain for every $100 loss), but tipster he was to the public. Hundreds went to Colorado Springs to get advice from the great man. He arranged his invalid's schedule so that he worked early in the morning and late at night, was sound asleep when most people called. Soon he had 25 assistants, and his bedroom turned into a statistic factory. Sometimes he composed tirades against Franklin Roosevelt, which were incorporated in his market letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Prophet in Bed | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...sketches, which continue the story in this rather laughable fashion, exhibit strong powers of social satire and characterization. Though Ober-laender lacks much that can be found in Daumier, this small sample of his work is convincing enough to make anyone who sees it want to see more. Humor in art presents difficulties which are not easy to surmount. A ludicrous subject, if not sufficiently restrained by means of proper emphasis upon style and technique will perhaps draw a short but hearty laugh from an onlooker. The same subject performed in a subtle fashion will cause a series of chuckles...

Author: By Jack Wliner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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