Word: rounsevelle
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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Next in order was a review of five regiments at Fort Clayton, recently branded a "suicide post" by rambunctious Publisher Nelson Rounsevell of the Panama American (TIME, Sept. 30). Following the review, the President pointedly wirelessed Major General Harold B. Fiske, commander of the Panama Canal Department who had sued...
Rambling Rounsevell Sirs: I enjoyed your interesting article captioned "N. R." (TIME, Sept. 30) and wish to commend you for your good judgment in featuring the man instead of the libel suit, which is nothing unusual for Nelson Rounsevell. I spent a year on the Panama American, 1931-32, and...
A favorite boast of fiery Publisher Nelson Rounsevell of the Panama American is that, in the course of eight arrests for libel, he has been cleared every time, at a total expenditure of $3.75.
Fortnight ago the self-styled "rambler and gambler" found himself again in court on a charge of criminal libel. The charge: that an epidemic of suicides at a nearby Army post had led him to compare that post's commander to Reichsführer Adolf Hitler. By direction of...
A onetime gambler and dipsomaniac who, at 58, delights in recalling his purple past, Nelson Rounsevell is known chiefly for the autobiography he published two years ago under the title The Life Story of "N. R." or 40 Years of Rambling, Gambling and Publishing, Rumbling, Grumbling and Four-Flushing. Crudely...