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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thereupon Elliott tried a bold stunt. He offered to hire many of the existing MBS coast-to-coast wire circuits for two hours a night, 8-10 EST. The answer was No. So last week Elliott went to work on an even bolder enterprise-a brand new national network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Transcontinental | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Like most children, little Dahlov Zorach scribbled pictures when she was three years old. Unlike most children, she was a sculptor's daughter. Fond Father William Zorach began saving all her work he could lay his hands on, kept on saving it. Result: A unique exhibition last week (at the Young People's Gallery in Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art) which showed 19 years of an artist's growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dahlov | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Cats, said Dr. Charles Arthur Slanetz, pathologist at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at the Medical Center, are sometimes used for laboratory work on diet, diabetes and drugs. But none of the cats in the college comes from Alexander's alleys. All cats are bought from laboratory animal houses which supply with each purchase a family history and a listing of the animal's age, behavior, eating habits. Alexander, continued Dr. Slanetz, undersold his competitors, for high-class cat prices range from $1.25 to $1.50, depending on size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: In the Bag | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Elected president of the National Association of Performing Artists, an organization of musicians to protect their work against unauthorized recording, was James John ("Jimmie") Walker, ex-Mayor of New York City, ex-composer (Will You Love Me in December As You Do in May?). Keynoted talented Artist Walker: "This organization is . . . determined to eradicate the practice of highjacking the talents of American artists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Next morning Critic Barton complimented Actor Potter on a "fine, if fragmentary, job," expressed the desire to "see more of his work." But for Potter there wasn't going to be any more. "The place for the critic," he announced with emphasis, "is behind the typewriter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Three-Minute Man | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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