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Long-necked Japanese cranes make a peculiar gurgling squawk. Near the crane pen in the Washington Zoo stands a pretentious apartment house whose residents have long been annoyed by the gurgling squawks of the Zoo's cranes-Japanese, Siberian, domestic. When Senator Edward Prentiss Costigan of Colorado moved into this apartment house, other tenants hoped he would be disturbed by the cranes, be awakened by one particularly noisy Japanese crane (named Anson) who squawked before dawn each morning. They felt sure that if Senator Costigan complained, something would be done to silence the cranes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Squawk | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

Died. Richard Teller Crane Jr., 58, president since 1914 of The Crane Co. of Chicago (plumbing fixtures), brother of onetime Minister to China Charles Richard Crane; of heart disease after a nervous breakdown; on his 58th birthday; in Manhattan. A philanthropist, giver of $10,000,000 worth of Crane stock to his employes, President Crane with a reputed fortune of $50,000,000 was rated Chicago's second richest man (next to Board Chairman Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 16, 1931 | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

Cassedy, l.e.; Faxon, Bancroft, l.t.; Brookes, Healey, l.g.; Crane, Casey; Cunningham, c.; Kuehn, Rogers, r.g., Finlayson, Kales, r.t.; Werner, Francisco, r.e.; Whitney, Wells, q.b.; Pescosolidio, Bennett, l.h.b.; Leonard, Nevin, r.h.b.; Waters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRUSADERS LOOM AS ONE OF YEAR'S HARDEST FOES | 11/10/1931 | See Source »

Team A: Nazro, l.e.; Hardy, l.t.; Bancroft, l.g.; Crane, c.; Myerson, r.g.; Kopans, r.t.; Hageman, r.e.; Wood, q.b.; Shereschewsky, l.h.b.; Mays, r.h.b.; White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL SQUAD HOLDS SHORT DRILL IN CAGE | 10/30/1931 | See Source »

Team C--Cassedy, Lowe, l.e.; Finlayson, l.t.; Brookes, l.g.; Crane, c.; Simmons, r.g.; Kuchn, r.t.; Werner, r.e.; Whitney, q.b.; Leonard, l.h.b.; Pescosolido, r.h.b.; Waters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RESERVE ELEVENS PLAY WELL IN HARD PRACTICE | 10/29/1931 | See Source »

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