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In Manhattan, Adolph Kanter, 44, drove his car through the railing and off a 75-ft. viaduct, found that instead of being killed he had suffered only a black eye, a few bruises. More proud than thankful, Adolph Kanter said he had saved himself by clinging to the cushion of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Tree | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

With a plot no more preposterous than many detective stories, Man with the Painted Head contrives an atmosphere more realistic than most. The artists' colony at Storr's Point was isolated, inaccessible except through one gate which was kept locked. When middle-aged Miss Fenwick arrived to visit her niece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder with an Ice-Pick | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

First the Harley Street specialist examined Daughter Beatriz, 22, recently engaged to her handsome cousin Prince Alvaro d'Orleans. Next the specialist examined Daughter Maria Christina, 19, not engaged to anybody. When their ordeal was finally over the two young Infantas, tearful and clinging to one another, re- turned from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Terrible Decision | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

A little fact precious to ship operators was reported last week by Western Reserve University's Professor John Paul Visscher upon his return to Cleveland from two months among the Tortugas: barnacles, shellfish which attach themselves to ship hulls and thereby impede speed, have a sense akin to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Smell v. Barnacles | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

Up till this point the Vagabond realizes he has been engaged in purely destructive criticism. What to do about it? Well, he remembers, in his youth, a picture entitled "Curfew Shall not Ring To-Night", showing a beautiful maiden clinging to the clapper of a large church bell. On nights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/27/1931 | See Source »

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