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Hutchins of the University of Chicago was contemplating a vacation in the Adriatic. Knowing that James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney had honeymooned at the Island of Brioni. he put in a long distance telephone call to ask Major Tunney about it. The operator reported: "We are sorry, but Mr. Tunney's secretary reports Mr. Tunney does not speak to Chicago." Later in the week. Major Tunney called Dr. Hutchins, gushingly apologized, told him all about Brioni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 20, 1931 | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

Travelers, in the know, who as a rule keep several years ahead of the Baedecker tourists and Raymond-Whitcomb enthusiasts have found Losinj. Trau (Petronius's Satyricon) Korcula. Hvar and Dubrovnik-Kupari in Jugoslavije as smart as Brioni and Cap Antibes and without, the sourness of the Lido...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 10, 1930 | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...Lauder Tunney; by a Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty, divorced wife of a Fort Worth plumber; for breach of promise; for $500,000. Claimed Divorcee Fogarty: she met Tunney at Hot Springs, Ark., in October 1924; next year, and later still, he "promised to marry her." Claimed Fisticuffer Tunney (at Brioni, Italy): he only knew Mrs. Fogarty slightly; never intimately; never asked her to marry him. "It must be a joke," said he. Developments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 3, 1929 | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney, has been twanging a harp during his stay on the Adriatic isle of Brioni. Last week he was in no mood for twanging. Reason: it was reported that Mrs. Tunney, convalescent from an appendicitis operation (TIME, May 20) must soon undergo another for stomach trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 27, 1929 | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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