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White-haired Lawyer Walter Gould Lincoln, eighth cousin of Abraham Lincoln, asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Henry M. Willis for an injunction to halt cinema showing of Abe Lincoln in Illinois (TIME, Feb. 5). His objection: the film gives the impression that his cousin, who died 75 years ago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 8, 1940 | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

Curwen and either Frannie Powers, Stowell, or Dave "Torpedo" Van Vort will take care of the 100. Here again Kiphuth has an almost unlimited choice of men to enter. It is likely that Evie McLeman and Dick Kelly will be his choices, although Johnson, Duncan, Gordy Mustin, Ellery Snyder, Willis...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Ulenmen Will Attempt to Push Eli Powerhouse to Limit Today | 3/12/1940 | See Source »

Died. James Willis ("J. Will") Taylor, 59, Republican boss of Tennessee, for 21 years a Congressman; of a heart attack; in La Follette, Tenn. In his early campaign days, J. Will Taylor, then known as "HillBilly Bill," electioneered by jumping over farmers' fences, plowing their fields for them while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 27, 1939 | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Last week Professor Jacob Bernard Bernstine and Dr. George Willis Bland of Philadelphia's Jefferson Medical College announced the development of just such a preventive.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Puerperal Vaccine | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Strong-minded Harold Willis Dodds ("No liquor at football games"), president of Princeton University, welcomed undergraduates at the 193rd opening session of Princeton, warned them of propaganda techniques: "You have no weapons to combat them except the clarity and power of your thought processes and a balanced emotional outlook. Let...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 25, 1939 | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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