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Because one church was not enough to honor the meekest of medieval men, the gothic builders of Assisi built two churches to St. Francis, one on top of the other. Princess Giovanna decreed last week that her marriage should take place not in the larger, airier upper church, but in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY-BULGARIA: Royal Nuptials | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

The account of the expedition, which has been edited by Dr. Strong in two large volumes, covers geography, climate, the inhabitants and conditions under which they live, tribal customs, languages, slavery, zoology, herpetology, ornithology, and a careful study of medical and pathological conditions of the natives. The personnel of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Liberia Would Benefit by American Intervention," Declares R. P. Strong | 10/21/1930 | See Source »

?Hedging is a market process of equalizing profit-&-loss. A grain dealer buys 100 bu. of spot wheat at 800 per bu., simultaneously sells it for future delivery two months hence, say, at 860. The 60 differential theoretically covers the handling and carrying charge during that period. If at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Soviet Shorts | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

High in a Manhattan office building last week a tall, white-haired man proudly thumbed three dummy paperbacked books. Vivid covers proclaimed them Vol. I, No. 1 of Swift Story Magazine (It Fits Your Pocket), The Pocket Magazine and The Dime Novel. First of the three was ready for publication...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hero Business | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

¶ At the Hoover camp Assistant Secretary Heath got into bed, found a mousetrap and a bunch of grapes under the covers. The jokester: Dr. Joel Thompson Boone, the President's physician.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Sep. 8, 1930 | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

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