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Died. Rt. Rev. Thomas Frank Gailor, 79, well-beloved Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee, onetime (1919-25) Presiding Bishop; chancellor of the University of the South (Sewanee); after long illness; in Sewanee. A courageous, quick-witted broad-churchman, he was one of Tennessee's two outstanding citizens (the other: Cordell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 14, 1935 | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

Senator Black is not a demagog, nor is he a statesman. Not until he took up investigations as a hobby was he able to capitalize to the full on his shrewdness and his talents. His interest in Muscle Shoals led him to aid the late Senator Thaddeus Caraway when that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Investigation by Headlines | 8/26/1935 | See Source »

Two years ago the question "Who is George Dimitroff?" could have been answered with enthusiasm only by his old mother. Then German police arrested Bulgarian Dimitroff in their frantic efforts to arrest almost anyone except the Nazis who everyone believes set fire to the Reichstag (TIME. March 6, 1933. et...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Private Party | 7/29/1935 | See Source »

Last year addicts of horror stories hailed Elizabeth Jenkins' Harriet as a masterpiece of its kind. Harriet told the story of a pathetic, dim-witted woman driven to death by four handsome youngsters who were fearsome only in their unconsciousness of their guilt. Critics saw tricks of style and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Modern Paragon | 7/22/1935 | See Source »

¶ A slow-witted subway motorman goes to pieces at his fear of conscription, is saved by running away with his train.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: People v. Events | 7/15/1935 | See Source »

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