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...Manhattan, a clinic patient sitting in St. Vincent's Hospital waiting room late at night saw another patient leap suddenly into the air, cry out, "I'm a fireman! I'm a fireman!" and fall back dead. Examination showed he had a dagger between his shoulder blades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 31, 1932 | 10/31/1932 | See Source »

Seeking Divorce. Bror Gustave Dahlberg, 51, Swedish-born U. S. sugar tycoon, president of Celotex Co.; from Mary Alexander Dahlberg, one-book author (Dagger); in Chicago. Grounds: desertion. Texas-reared Mrs. Dahlberg refused to live in the U. S., prefers Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 4, 1932 | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

...distant past, and having met him again is hoping to reform for his sake, but ready not to do so if this will benefit him more. Fortunately, Mr. Chang (Warner Oland) has behaved badly toward the Chinese trollop (Anna May Wong), who solves the dilemma by planting a dagger in his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 29, 1932 | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

...represent Japan fittingly at the Washington Conference (1921-22). Since then he has been several times Foreign Minister, served as Acting Premier (TIME, Nov. 24) when his old friend and classmate at the Tokyo Imperial University, Premier Yuko Hamaguchi ("The Lion") was skewered by a would-be assassin's dagger and lingered on to die last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN-CHINA: Secessionist Movements | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

...with a dagger," objected Peter Kuerten. "I used one blade from a pair of scissors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Nine-Lived Fiend | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

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