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...Prince of Wales," could not understand why a Prince of Wales would leave his much-publicized infant unguarded. President Ortiz Rubio ordered the Mexican Army to watch the border for the kidnappers. The Changchow Merchants' Guild of Peiping sent sympathy. Episcopal Bishop Manning of New York ordered his flock to pray for the infant's safe return. School children and 500,000 Companions of the Forest of America also prayed, as did Philadelphia Lutherans, New Jersey Methodists. Crowds in Buenos Aires watched bulletins, took the whole affair for a hoax the first day. Herbert Hoover spurred Government sleuths from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Snatchers on Sourland Mt. | 3/14/1932 | See Source »

...University of Chicago, remain in school for a entire year, and yet never be subjected to an examination. He may be enrolled and yet never attend a class. But--regardless of the apparent laxity in the method of handling students--it is very unlikely that great numbers will flock to the Midway anticipating an easy year. That final comprehensive examination will give the students reason to study...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Business Formalities | 2/3/1932 | See Source »

...flock of goats and sheep and live on their milk and cheese, and clothe yourself from their fleece. . . . Get back to Abraham . . . when subways and elevated railroads and skyscrapers were not dreamed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 25, 1932 | 1/25/1932 | See Source »

...stops infrequently on its flight from Baffin Land), is the great blue goose. Last week President Thomas Gilbert Pearson of the National Association of Audubon Societies concluded an airplane inspection of the many blue geese that winter in southern Louisiana. Near the mouth of the Mississippi he encountered a flock three miles long, half a mile wide. The geese were flying in three strata. Dr. Pearson estimated there were between 600,000 and a million of them. Because they migrate so quickly hunters get less than 1,000 of the two millions that winter in Louisiana. Audubon experts are satisfied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Blue Geese | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

Bridget was only a hind. One November day she was taken to Aldington and released. She began to graze, then made friends with a flock of sheep. The hunters shooed her and she made for the sea. Next day she was found on a beach. Into the water she went again. Finally lifesavers rescued her, took her ashore. She made a dash for her cart, knocked down four men, jumped in, went to sleep as the cart jolted back to her deer park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Hind Bridget | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

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