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Pole vault--won by Francis Schumann '35 (3 inches); second, Julius Litter '35 (2 feet; third, tie between J. D. Woodberry '35 (scratch), and J. T. Stewart 1G. (scratch). Height...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRADY BEATS RECORD IN BOTH HURDLES EVENTS | 4/18/1932 | See Source »

...Gilbert Stuart Washington been permitted to enter the inner sanctum of that Commission, he would have been amazed. Through a 25 ft. hallway ornamented with portraits of himself and his wife, he would have reached a small cubicular office in which, almost submerged by the litter of trinkets, statuets, posters, portraits, folders, busts, pitchers, seals, plaques, gewgaws, jim-cracks and other Washingtonian bric-a-brac, he would have found Sol Bloom of Manhattan, associate director of the nationwide celebration. Commissioner Bloom is a small, round-faced 61-year-old Jew of Polish descent who was born in Illinois, raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Business of a Bicentennial | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...unidentified fish. Loudest was Susie, the Sebastopol goose. Most desperate were 462 squeaking canaries lodged in a crate exhibit. Most indifferent were two Llamas, who chewed cud quietly for five days. Most valuable per pound were two lion-headed goldfish valued at $500 each. Youngest were a litter of white mice born just as the show closed. Most popular was a baby elephant known variously as Bozo, Buddy and Buck. Least popular was a timid young skunk, which was shunned by all until officials explained that it had been deodorized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Pet Show | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

...Indianapolis two policemen heard weird noises issuing from a mail box. Deciding there might be a bomb inside, they found a postman, kept a safe distance until he opened the box. Inside was a litter of newborn kittens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 14, 1931 | 9/14/1931 | See Source »

...litter requirements are fulfilled, individual pups must, nonetheless, be registered as heretofore ($2 each within 18 mos. after birth, $4 thereafter). The dam's owner may make the individual registrations as "first owner," or the pup purchaser as the ''second owner." No one else may register...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Frog & Robin | 8/24/1931 | See Source »

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