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...Josephine Bonaparte was one of the first sponsors of swan fixtures. At Malmaison, she had such fixtures on her bathtub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashions: Bathrooms | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

England to Australia. Dennis Rooke, onetime member of the British Royal Flying Corps, clad in a grey lounge suit and civilian overcoat climbed in his Moth de Havilland plane last week; set out for Australia, 11,000 miles away. He took along a collapsible bathtub, a few spare parts and maps. He in-tended to make short, leisurely hops. The flight was stimulated by a $10,000 bet, which was later canceled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics Notes, Jun. 6, 1927 | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

...cried my little roommate leaping to his feet, the vigorous fellow, "Whee, whee." At which sudden debacle I ran to Aunt Emma's sole contribution to our happy home and brought him the smelling salts. It was in vain. He persisted; insisted; resisted. So lowering him gently into the bathtub I discovered his secret...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: THE CRIME | 6/3/1927 | See Source »

...Awaited a Department of Justice report before taking action on petitions for executive clemency for Earl Carroll, Manhattan theatrical producer, convicted of perjury in connection with a now famed bathtub incident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: May 23, 1927 | 5/23/1927 | See Source »

...chewing ' gum, candies, ham, peanut butter, etc.) - decided the U. S. Supreme Court last week. Said Mr. Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: "The Lorillard Co. is at least as well known to those who do not despise tobacco as the Beech-Nut Co. is to its refined customers." Bathtub Trust. Eight members of the so-called Bathtub Trust last week paid the U. S. Government fines totaling $169,000; had their suspended sentences of six and ten months changed to probation. The U. S. Supreme Court, by vote of 5 to 3 (Justice Brandeis not voting) had found them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Supreme Court Doings | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

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