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In almost all States laws have been enacted which make "wilful and malicious" slander a crime. Libel laws cover only written defamation, and few rumors about banks are ever printed. The original bill was drafted in 1907 by .gaunt, white-haired Thomas Bugard Paton, now gen- eral counsel for American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Rumor Monger | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

"Unless this campaign has been an act of unbelievable stupidity, it is primarily an attempt to perpetuate the reign of terror that the Kansas City Star is determined to maintain. ... I can prove that the Star has deliberately colored the news, has misrepresented the facts, and has indulged in wilful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: New Colyumist | 8/17/1931 | See Source »

Seattle strongly favors municipal ownership of public utilities. It operates its own electric power and light plants, its own street railway system. For 20 years James Delmage Ross, onetime Yukon gold rusher, has served as Superintendent of City Light. A stout advocate of public ownership, he has fought many a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Ouster Ousted | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

Petty thieveries, unintentional borrowing, wilful destruction of valuable portraits, fraudulent representation of works of art of Fogg, a racket of passing worthless checks on parents and friends of Harvard students, and the recently exposed racket of stealing and selling fine books from many libraries, Widener included; such is the lot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A HARVARD RACKET | 6/11/1931 | See Source »

Said the Commission: "In making this statement nothing new is added to the present law of the Church. . . . The present Canon 43 and the Marriage Service of the Church both assume that marriage may be declared null and void. . . . The door for remarriage of divorced persons is by no means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Changing Protestants | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

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