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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Churchill revealed that 1,000 British merchantmen have been armed to shoot in self-defense at U-boats, that "before long" 2,000 will be so armed. He pointed out that torpedo attack from beneath the surface "can only be delivered at a quarter of the speed that is possible to U-boats on the surface." Not all naval experts would agree. But of convoyed ships declared the First Lord, "less than one in 750 has been sunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Churchill v. Chain Belt | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...Roberts read the majority decision reaffirming the civil liberties of the U. S. citizen, proclaim the right to pamphleteer without a police license.* The decision presented no new point of Constitutional doctrine, but to many a thoughtful U. S. citizen came as a solemn reminder, in anxious days, that beneath the stated rights of citizenship lies a rock-founded base guaranteeing their preservation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Alone | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

Urrows, while at Harvard, served as secretary and production manager of the Club, and produced here "Dog Beneath the Skin" and "Straight Scotch." Since graduation he has been engaged in publicity writing for various firms, including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and he has spent a good deal of time with the "Barnstormers," a New Hampshire stock company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAST CHOSEN FOR DRAMATIC CLUB'S NEW PRODUCTION | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

Leonard Kent '43, who received his dramatic training at Haverford School, plays the part of the stolid and dependable Henry. Guy Clements '40, a veteran of many productions of the Club, will be Joe, a Harlem Negro. His previous acting at Harvard includes leading roles in "Cannibal Carnival," "Dog Beneath the Skin," and "Jonah and the Whale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAST CHOSEN FOR DRAMATIC CLUB'S NEW PRODUCTION | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

...first a supporter of Woodrow Wilson, he grew scornful of the President's caution, eventually warned his readers: "Beneath the veneering of scholarly polish lies the coiled serpent of unscrupulous ambition." After rich Judge Robert Worth Bingham bought the paper in 1918 and supported the League of Nations (". . . inevitably Woodrow Wilson would be caught by such a whimsy . . .") Marse Henry quit in disgust. He died a few years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Southern Succession | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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