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...understood that if the Governor chooses anyone outside Tammany, it would be a direct affront and an indication of his distrust of all that had to do with the organization. The result would probably be a breach between them. And since Roosevelt needs all the support his political parent can offer in the coming election, such a "snub" might prove disastrous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROOSEVELT AND TAMMANY | 2/27/1932 | See Source »

...Secretary Mills estimated that the substitution of bonds for commercial paper would release about $750,000,000 in gold from currency coverage. He denied that the purpose of freeing this gold was to create a reserve to resist foreign raids on the dollar though such a result was ap- parent. The measures were promptly reported to the House and Senate. The House passed (350-10-15) its bill after a three-hour debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Work Done, Feb. 22, 1932 | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...Canadian Government by next summer (TIME, Dec. 30, 1929). Four times so far, at six-month intervals, planes of Alaskan Airways have overtaken the drive with supplies for the lonely herders. Last week General Manager Arthur W. Johnson started home from a visit to the Manhattan offices of the parent company American Airways Inc.-to chart routes for the next flight, which they expect to make next month, with three tons of food & supplies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Air Mushing | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

Birth of a son in Shanghai last week to Edda, Countess Ciano (nee Mussolini) made // Duce for the first time a grandparent. Parent Count Ciano is the Italian consul at Shanghai. In Rome last week virile, vigorous Grandpa Mussolini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Grandpapa | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

Julian, sensitive adolescent and only son, is fond of both his parents and hates to see them quarrel. His mother has abandoned love for religion; his father is in love with young Novelist Pauline but cannot get a divorce to marry her. Julian himself is enamored of Hildegarde, young thing of his own age; they agonize together over a world that was not molded very near to their hearts' desire. For a while it looks as though everything would go badly for everybody. Pauline tries to break off her affair with Julian's father when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just People | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

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