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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Texas voted against Alfred Emanuel Smith in 1928. And never before in history has a Prince of Rome been asked to address a State legislative body in the South. The affecting nature of these facts was clearly reflected upon Cardinal Hayes's face when Lieut.-Governor Edward Witt (a Baptist) conducted the State's guest to the chair of the President of the Senate. The cardinal's mental and emotional condition was further revealed and transmitted to his audience when he began a speech which at times, swelling with contagious exaltation, brimmed over. Ordinarily a clear, cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Roman Senator | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

...large family of minor planets which number over 1,000. Almost all the group follow orbits between Mars and Jupiter. Eros, however, does not travel in a conventional asteroid path, wanders sometimes between Mars and Jupiter, sometimes between Mars and Earth. Discovered in 1898 by Dr. Gustav Witt at the Urania Observatory in Berlin, the small planet was given a masculine name because of its eccentric orbit. According to astronomical custom, only asteroids which move in an ordinary orbit are given feminine names. The cycle of Eros' motion with relation to Earth is 81 years. In 1975 it will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Planet Plans | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

Milt Gross of the American portrayed the imaginary effect on Brooklyn Jewish life of the hero's return: "Hm, you didn't hoid Meester Feitelbaum from Seedney Frenklin wot he fight witt bools. ... So it geeves chirrs de pipple wot it guzz in wodeweel de bool-fighter wot he bicomes yat from tsigarattes in de papers a in-duster. So Isidor (SMACK) ... you be batter a Seedney Frenklin und dunt gatting on de reputt codd a D yat in bool-fighting maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Bulls to Ballyhoo | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

...Blair 3L, T. H. Eliot 2L, P. H. Gibson 3L, B. M. Goodman 3L, S. S. Tanney 2L, T. F. King 3L, D. T. Maxwell 3L, T. D. Merriam 3L, Norman Newmaek 3L, T. H. Nichols 2L, T. B. Shea 3L, David Shea 3L, R. A. Warren 3L, Nathan Witt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In The Graduate Schools | 9/26/1930 | See Source »

Quartermaster General John Lesesne De Witt explained that the Army's meat purchases are in the hands of depot quar-termasters in the corps areas. In the Philippines the Army & Navy club together to buy meat on one contract to get a lower price. Both Admiral Cheatham and General De Witt said they would be "delighted" to buy beef from U. S. packers if it could be shipped to foreign stations to meet the foreign price. Declared Acting Secretary of War Davison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Beef & Birthday | 7/28/1930 | See Source »

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