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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Scotch-Welsh border terrier, mascot for the Humane Society of New York; of toxic poisoning of the kidneys; in Manhattan. He had saved from drowning, fire and asphyxiation some 40 lives, mostly human, but including canine, feline, and one canary. Sometimes garbed in a straw hat with pipe in mouth, occasionally wearing a brown derby presented to him by Al Smith, Paddy Reilly would appear in front of the New York Public Library to raise funds for the Humane Society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 2, 1939 | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Nevertheless his autobiography shows a marked kinship between Author Milne and Christopher Robin, his famed creature. Youngest and cutest of the three sons of John Vine Milne, owner and Headmaster of Henley House School, little Alan, thumb in mouth, could read at two, entered Westminster School at eleven, ceased being a prodigy the next year when he caught up to his older brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poo/j-man | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Harrison announced himself 100% behind the President; rumors continued that George had shifted to the Administration side; Carter Glass said, out of the right side of his mouth: "Naturally, I would prefer to be on friendly terms with the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Great Fugue | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...name used by a number of people who have clever words they would like to put in some one else's mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Totalitarian Democracy | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...tunnel. In complete safety from shellfire the Germans massed reserve troops who lived in there on barges, ate in kitchens carved from the side of the tunnel and could mount to their hidden outside fighting positions through a maze of upward warrens. No sooner had the Americans seized one mouth of the tunnel than the Germans poured out of their surface positions and riddled them from the rear. The Americans finally cleared the area but not before the 107th Infantry had lost 337 men killed and 658 wounded, the heaviest loss on a single day for any U. S. regiment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Defense in Depth | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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