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It was on the Ides of March that Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky spoke of Russia's strength and peaceful intentions at a dinner for British industrialists, launching stories of negotiations unique in diplomatic history for their repeated reports of success unaccompanied by any concrete results. In the next week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Ready for Signing | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Quakers began hectoring Schenley several years ago. Although it had no intention of yielding its 50-year-old name, a valuable property, the firm agreed gradually to reduce the size of the Old Quaker's picture, to kill him off completely at the first opportunity. To Friends, however, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Quakers, Old Quaker | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Fifty-eight years ago in an obscure village of Szechwan Province in southwest China, a modestly well off Chinese couple was blessed with a manchild, hope and pride of every Chinese home. He was given the name of Chang Shan-tse ("Good Fellow"). Five years later the mother, yielding to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Tiger Painter | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

Lest they disappear entirely, the WPA Federal Writers' Project last week got out facsimile edition of "Singin' Billy's" song book- just in time for this year's one-day Singing. Armed with fine new copies Southern Harmony, the singers once filled the Court House, yielding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singin1 Billy's Book | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

He was still Edouard Daladier, but he had grave doubts how much longer he would remain Premier of France. At that conference he had written off, as a total loss, the strong alliances which since the World War had kept France the biggest power in Europe. He had been caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: June and September | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

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