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There were many possible reasons for the massacre but only one motive-jungle justice. Chief Gangster Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone's West Side mob was under suspicion. Tony Lombardo, Capone's good friend, wilted last summer under a spray of bullets at Madison and Dearborn Streets (TIME, Sept. 17). And a shipment of Canadian whiskey from Detroit's "Purple Gang" to Capone was hijacked last fortnight, presumably by Moran...
Another feature of Mr. Edison's birthday was a gesture of generosity by Mr. Ford. At Dearborn, Mich., Ford's factory town, stands the Edison Institute of Technology and the Museum of American Industries, dedicated to Mr. Edison. Mr. Ford last week endowed institute and museum with $5,000,000. The museum contains all Mr. Edison's tools and contrivances, in working order...
...dedication of the Dearborn memorials, Mr. Edison, Mr. Ford and a group approached the buildings to enter. Near the door was a fresh-laid sheet of concrete, around which the party started to walk. But not Mr. Edison. Always he takes the short cut and across the concrete he walked. It was soft. His shoes sank into it. Consternation came upon his face, then stubbornness. He plodded ahead leaving a string of footprints behind. Mr. Ford was delighted and said something flattering about "the sands of time." He gave orders that the footprints be allowed to harden, furthermore, he made...
...Dearborn, also, there is being reconstructed the brick laboratory in which, at Menlo Park, N. J., Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent bulb 50 years ago. That golden anniversary will be celebrated nationally...
Trials for the Freshman Instrumental Clubs will be held next Monday, it was announced yesterday by Eustis Dearborn '32, recently elected president of the Clubs. At that date, opportunity will be given Freshmen to try out for positions on the Mandolin, Banjo, and Vocal Clubs. If enough talented first-year men appear, an orchestra will be organized. Freshman jugglers, magicians, and ventriloquists are invited to show their various abilities as potential performers in specialty acts...