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...door escape for the Premier after whispering among mobsmen in that quarter. Out front, Newfoundlanders were dancing on the Government's piano, dancing it to smithereens and pocketing piano keys "as souvenirs." For an escape the instant seemed propitious to Father Pippy and to potent John Power, a burly fisherman who had agreed to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWFOUNDLAND: Damned If I'll Resign! | 4/18/1932 | See Source »

...Since finding them last October, Finder Gerald Fitzgerald, a fisherman, has tried to remain keeper. He sat in jail last week. Finally, he compromised with His Majesty's Government which held out for two-thirds of the cache. Grudgingly Gerald Fitzgerald revealed where he had hidden the $60,000, prepared to keep $20,000 less taxes, cursed in the hearing of sympathetic correspondents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gold's Week | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

...Professor Emeritus left a higher regard and deeper affection among students than Bliss Perry. Fisherman, Editor, and Teacher, his kindly simplicity and charm are remembered long after English 41 fades into the dimly forgotten. Dr. Hauptmann, German dramatist and playwright, is equally qualified to speak in this field. As an historian, novelist, and philosopher of history, Goethe spanned past and present and still raises vital issues in the modern world. Societies of commemoration, lectures, and prizes could be, and have been, devoted to less worthy ends than that of keeping alive his work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROAD FROM WIEMAR | 2/26/1932 | See Source »

...Household, favorite secretary of Pius XI. Plump, jolly, much-loved for his virtues, Master Caccia-Dominioni arranges papal audiences, is present at all functions. Proudly he escorted Mussolini upstairs, to the Pope's private library. There Il Duce knelt solemnly, kissed not the toe but the Ring of the Fisherman. They chatted 55 minutes, which was considered something of a record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Catholic Action | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...being boomed for the second U. S. President; the Fourth of July was the 20th anniversary of independence. President of the bank was Thomas James Carroll, 64, also president and general manager of Gorton-Pew Fisheries, wholesalers of salted and canned fish. He left grammar school when his fisherman father was lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Bank Test | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

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