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...armored limousine was junked in Moab, Utah, after a wreck. Last week I paid 5? to see "Al Capone's $20,000, bulletproof, V16 Cadillac limousine" which was in a side-show at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport. I don't begrudge the nickel, but I would like to know if Al had two such automobiles or if what I saw was just another Fair farce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LETTERS: Stevenson Rebutted | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

Contrary to first reports from Moab, the Capone Cadillac was not junked but repaired after its accident. Reader Butler apparently was not cozened out of his nickel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LETTERS: Stevenson Rebutted | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

...unloading provisions to curing Eskimo diseases. Although the new plan is frankly an experiment, and if it fails, the disposition of the fund will go back into the hands of the Cabinet; still it is no longer ninety-eight per cent one way and two the other. The nickel now has both a "heads" and a "tails...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAIR AND COLDER | 10/27/1936 | See Source »

...Allegheny Metal" contains 8% nickel, 18% chrome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Sheldon Day | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

Producers are holding platinum from the market, planning to use it as a hedge against inflation or as a speculation against war. International Nickel, said to have 60,000 to 100,000 oz. on hand, was reported in no hurry to unload at last week's high prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Platinum Boom | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

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