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Word: christmases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Familiar to many a U. S. newspaper reader is the late Heywood Broun's annual Christmas fable (see p. 35). New York commuters know well the editorial, "Is There A Santa Claus?," which the New York Sun has run at Christmas for 42 years (see p. 47). This week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Gospel Cartoonist | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Day after the consistory, the Vatican let it be known that the Holy Father was canceling all public audiences and most private ones until Christmas, on the advice of his physicians. The Pope was reported suffering from shock induced by his worries over world unrest.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Consistory | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

While the Hall of Fame's curator prepared a niche for Immortal Gehrig's plaque alongside Immortal Babe Ruth's (his old teammate), a handful of U. S. high-school kids prepared last week to do-or-die for the Lou Gehrig Cup. Emblematic of the national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Immortal Gehrig | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Gable's head was in a whirl. Hundreds of the prettiest little girls he had ever seen had surrounded him earlier. One looked at him a little too long, gasped: "Lord, I can't stand this any longer," fainted. An eleven-year-old girl, given a choice of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: G With the W | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Last fortnight, just before his contract with the World-Telegram expired (TIME, Dec. 11), Broun signed a new contract with the New York Post. Then in Connecticut he took to his bed with bronchitis. To the World-Telegram, a few days earlier than usual, he sent his annual Christmas parable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Last Column | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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