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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Anent Adolf Hitler's repeated assertions that he would not take any more European countries under his vulture's wing, and his repeated breaking of his word, how about the following transposition of the letters in his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 10, 1939 | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...Colossal is the word for Prentiss Ingraham's (1843-1904) prolificity. His career supplied him with material aplenty. A soldier of fortune, he fought in the Civil War, under Juarez in Mexico, in the Austro-Prussian War, in Crete, in Africa, in Cuba. He wrote more than 600 novels, twelve plays-''without distinction [but] . . . written in a surprisingly correct and easy fashion and . . . wholesome in their general teachings." Napoleon's writings had a more disturbing effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 10, 1939 | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...Runciman soon to Poland?" The London Times which often reflects the views of the British Government, found a multitude of reservations in the Chamberlain pledge: "The new obligation which this country has assumed does not bind Britain to defend every inch of the present frontiers of Poland. The key word in the declaration is not integrity but independence. The independence of every negotiating State is what matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Watch on the Vistula | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...TIME prints Mrs. Heeb's letter in the hope that it will help her get word of her son, Harry Jack, from whom she heard last on April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 3, 1939 | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

Potala, Tibetan holy-of-holies, mainly on his word that he wished to become a Buddhist missionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: White Lama | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

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