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Judge Nields was born in Wilmington in 1868, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1892. His father was a captain of Delaware artillery in the Civil War. As Federal District Attorney in 1906, John Nields helped snuff out the Louisiana Lottery, whose printing offices were in Wilmington. He raided the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Promises' End | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

Evidence of famine conditions continues to reach the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church and Jewish rabbis in Central Europe in a wealth of letters penned by underfed Russian peasants to relatives abroad. Of these letters Soviet censors catch perhaps eight or nine out of every ten; but stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Triumph of Emphasis | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

That Yale swimmers have won 16 out of the last 17 Intercollegiate Swimming Association championships, have been invincible in dual meets for the past ten years, is due largely to their coach. In 1914, Robert J. H. Kiphuth went to Yale as an instructor in physical education. Three years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Yale Swimmers | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

For the past year President Percy Hampton Johnston reported earnings of $7,700,000 as against $8,300,000 in 1933. He introduced to little Chemical stockholders the biggest Chemical stockholder (Robert Walton Goelet) and the second biggest (John Mortimer Schiff). And like the old-school banker and Southern gentleman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Old Bullion's Team | 1/28/1935 | See Source »

Last week's crop of prophecies was the shortest in years. Five years of defeat, frustration and ridicule had taught businessmen to avoid mouth-filling generalities, to stick to harmless forecasts about their own industries. Samples:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Prophets | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

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