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...fortunate was Edward Allman, Passaic, N. J. high-school senior. He was watching some javelin throwers practicing. A random throw struck him in the forehead, pierced his brain. He died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pierced Brains | 5/2/1932 | See Source »

...perfect chain that he was selling them not only their liquor supplies but everything down to ginger ale and table linen. So Chicagoans were not excited last week when Mayor Anton J. Cermak abruptly ousted Commissioner John Alcock and appointed in his place Captain James P. ("Iron Man" ) Allman. Mayor Cermak called his City Council into special session to whip through the appointment, had the new commissioner sworn in immediately, ordered him to crusade at once against organized crime. The new commissioner laconically remarked: "I'm not tickled to death with this job." Last of loud William Hale Thompson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Allman for Alcock | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

...Chicagoans were blase about Mayor Cermak's crime drive they at least felt sure they had an honest man at the head of the city's 6,500 policemen. Oldtime newshawks used to say: "If there's an honest cop in this town, it's Allman." Tall, lean, grey, he is 56, has been a policeman 31 years, a captain since 1917. He is called "Iron Man" because of a legend that he never smiles, is an excellent marksman with his pistol. A student of criminology, he is brainier than most policemen. No less honest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Allman for Alcock | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

...yard relay race--Won by Yale: Bitter, Bosworth, Allman, Foster; second, Harvard: O. D. Johnson, J. L. Allen, R. L. Hoguet, T. F. McGuane...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENIOR CLASS SWIMMERS BOW TO ELI CLASS TEAM | 3/7/1931 | See Source »

Birthday. Paul Allman Siple of Erie, Pa., Sea Scout (branch of Boy Scouts of America), youngest member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition; in Little America. Age: 21. National Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter ("Duffle Bag") Beard, felicitated him over the radio, announced his promotion to grade of mate of the Sea Scout Ship Niagara. Concluded Commissioner Beard: "Oh, say! Don't forget to bring back a coop of penguins and a school of killer whales. They will need them to guard you on the flagship Niagara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 30, 1929 | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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