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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"The old man [Captain Ahrens] brought us through, and no matter what you might say about a Nazi captain, he, together with all these clever boys, outwitted the British Navy."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Clever Boys | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

To all of this Erhard Milch, wartime flier, contributed what is probably the greatest advantage the German Air Force has: rigid standardization. His aviators are as much alike as piston rings, and his piston rings are uniform to the ten-thousandth of an inch. Remotely Jewish, born of a druggist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: 72-Hour War? | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

One day last winter Dr. John Henry McLeod of Washington bent over an eight-month-old baby who lay coughing and rattling in his crib. The baby had a bad case of flu, as he could tell for sure when he examined under the microscope slides made from the baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Flu's End? | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

3) The Concordat uses "ambiguous phrases" to patch up fundamental differences-i.e., it proposes a form of "commissioning" of ministers of both faiths, which Presbyterians are given to understand will not involve reordination. "What then will it be?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Discordant Concordat | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

Charles E. Chapman (history): "What American came to what river in what year? Gets his politics in (Rep.)."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pipes and Old Jokes | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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