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Governor Roosevelt, youthful collector of nautical Americana, now ardent philatelist, will no doubt receive the support of the stamp-collecting public (est. 100,000 of voting age) should he secure the Democratic nomination for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 22, 1932 | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...team the night Loughran was knocked out by Jack Sharkey, climbed into the ring at Madison Square Garden where Loughran was beaten last month by King Levinsky (see below). Loughran, the favorite, came out cautiously, trying to push Hamas away with the left jab which was once the fast est punch possessed by any U. S. heavy weight. Hamas, unskilled but savage, won the first round by ignoring Loughran's left jab and punishing his body. His first punch in the second round, on Loughran's mouth, really ended the fight. Loughran got up after a count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fights | 1/25/1932 | See Source »

Some people say they know where to find 25,000 in silver buried on Long Island, say it would take only two weeks, cost only $500. In Tobermory Bay, off the :est coast of Scotland, dredging still goes on for the lost treasure of the Armada galleon Florencia. On Oak Island, Nova Scotia, a treasure was actually discovered in a 153-ft. shaft which, promptly flooded, defied all attempts to drain it. Last fortnight Inventor Simon Lake was in the newspapers with an elaborate plan and a ong steel tube to salvage the millions hat went down in the purser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pieces of Eight | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

Throughout France all local budgets close at the end of the calendar year n'est pas, Messieurs?" persuasively inquired M. Pietri last week. "I propose to put the national budget on the same logical footing!" Last year's French budget closed last April 1 with a deficit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Chamber Meets | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

...est formidable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Jos | 11/2/1931 | See Source »

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