Word: gunning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...career as a Public Enemy, "Snorkey" or "Scarface" Capone has been publicly accused of many a foul crime, including murder. He has served one year in prison, for carrying a gun. It was generally admitted that he might have wriggled out of that sentence if he had wanted to. But not to greasy, grinning Capone belongs credit for the freedom he has so far enjoyed, but rather to his adroit, Irish-blooded attorney, Michael Ahern. Born "back of the yards" in Chicago 43 years ago last week, the son of a mail carrier. Michael Ahern was educated by Jesuit priests...
...Gifford Pinchot, wife of Pennsylvania's Governor, applied for permission to carry a gun, explained: "I travel at night a good deal...
Vexed members of the National Association of Audubon Societies hurled no sticks and stones but many a name at their President Thomas Gilbert Pearson last November (TIME, Nov. 3). They called him a killer, a caterer to wealthy sportsmen and potent gun companies, a steam roller. The names hurt President Pearson. After being reelected a director of the association, he appointed a committee to purge him of the bad names. On the committee were President Chauncy J. Hamlin of the Buffalo Museum of Science, Director Thomas Barbour of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, President Alexander Grant Ruthven...
...Miss America IX, and his brother George in Miss America VIII; at Detroit. In the second heat, watched by a crowd of 500,000 and won by George Wood, both Kaye Don and Gar Wood were disqualified for crossing the line more than five seconds before the starting gun. Miss England II, wrecked on the first lap, broke in half and sank. The last heat was cancelled...
...officers at the Alverca Airdrome joined the revolt and took off with a load of bombs. No fools were Commander America Sanchez and Lieut. Manoel Vazquez. Commander Sanchez joined the revolution, swooped back & forth over the roofs of Lisbon firing his machine gun. He suddenly decided that there was little future in the revolt, turned his plane's nose east and came down safely in Spain. Lieut. Vazquez went up with a crate of nearly 200 hand grenades and spent a busy hour tossing them over the side, trying to hit the Presidential Palace. When his crate was empty...