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Dates: during 1930-1939
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WASHINGTON--A Congressional source said tonight that midwestern liberals, under the leadership of Wisconsin's La Follette brothers, have agreed tentatively to throw their political weight behind a move to get a liberal Presidential candidate in one of the major parties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...straighten out her sisters' love affairs. There is some superlative humor contributed by the absent minded Charles Winninger. There is some simple, tuneful music, and there isn't much sentimentality. Above all there is a refreshing sincerity about the whole thing. All in all it makes for ideal feather-weight entertainment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/26/1939 | See Source »

Strong finishes were the controlling factors in two crucial races last Saturday, when the Varsity and the light-weight eight took their races with brilliant final sprints. A Crimson sweep was marred by two defeats in the full day of racing on the Charles by the Jayvees and the Freshman...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Oarsmen Sink Navy With Withering Final Sprint | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...Elis were to answer the same question about Hahvud, there would be no difficulty. We would picture the typical Cantab as infected with the bored indifference synonymous with the name of his university, afflicted with the "yahd" accent, his shoulders stooped under the weight of centuries of tradition. We should picture him as a dilletante intellectual addicted to Boston deb parties, who conceives of Cambridge as the hub of the collegiate universe. And then we'd all yell Reinhardt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 5/11/1939 | See Source »

Born. To Elizabeth Donner Winsor, divorced wife of Elliott Roosevelt, and her second husband, Curtin Winsor; her second, their first, son; in Philadelphia. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 8, 1939 | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

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