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...such niche could be found by the Curator of the Kremlin when it came time for my wreath-laying and it was only after several days of search that, quite by accident, a woman came forward who remembered the funeral of Paxton Hibben and it was she who finally led me to his grave in the cemetery of the ancient Novo-Devichi Convent on the outskirts of Moscow. LIONEL TOMPKINS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 7, 1936 | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...southern division of the Ranch, Cousin of Robert Kleberg, head of the Ranch, and of Richard Kleberg, U. S. Representative from Corpus Christi, announced that he hoped the disappearance of the Blantons would be cleared up even if Kleberg employes were involved. That helped no more than search by air, auto and horseback which went on for a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: King Ranch Mystery | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Last week Washington's alert Science Service, browsing among the patent files, discovered that in his long search for a Unified Field Theory the great mathematician had not forgotten the uses of photoelectric cells. Patent No. 2,058,562, it appeared, had been issued to Dr. Albert Einstein and Gustav Bucky. Manhattan X-ray researcher, for an automatic device to prevent unskilled photographers from under-or over-exposing their plates.* A photoelectric cell attached to the camera measures the quantity of illumination available, adjusts a screen of varying transparency so that the proper amount of light is admitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Private Corner | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...reason that Mormonism appeals to a man in search of a religion is that its priesthood is vast, every male communicant in good standing belonging to its higher or lower division depending upon whether he is 21 or younger. There are also plenty of Mormon offices. Chicago's Stake was divided last week into four wards, three in the city, one in Milwaukee, each directed by an elected bishop and two counselors. Elected Stake President was President William A. Matheson of Rollaway Bed Corp. Chicago Mormons are eligible for office in the Mormon agencies which cement the Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Stake No. 118 | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...leave of absence from his boss, Lord Beaverbrook. But that Napoleonic publisher, who had read Lockhart's account of his youthful indiscretion with Amai, betrayed that hushed sentimentality that seems as much a British characteristic as muddling through. "I suppose," he wrote, "that you are going in search of the little wooden shoes." This referred to Lockhart's description of his separation from Amai, when his last glimpse had been of her little wooden shoes outside his bungalow. So, in 1935, in company with Lord & Lady Rosslyn, Lord Rendlesham, Lord & Lady Pembroke, Miss Dorothy Round and several others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sentimental Journey | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

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