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...island, Drama-critic Percy Hammond managed to telephone in from East Hampton that he had eaten his last can of salmon. Just north of him, at Montauk Point, the heavy seas ripped half of the New London ferry dock away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Carbon Copy of 1888 | 3/5/1934 | See Source »

...progress: 4,464 Indians to repair their own houses on Indian Reservations; 1,104 to excavate prehistoric Indian mounds for the Smithsonian Institution; 211 men to pull up seaside and swamp morning-glories, hosts of the sweet potato weevil; 198 men to remove debris from Alaskan rivers so salmon can swim up and spawn; 94 Indians to transport snowshoe rabbits to those of the Kodiak Islands that need to be restocked; 1,112 men to eradicate phony peach; a group to wash Manhattan's civic statues; unemployed colored girls to keep house for destitute families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Professional Giver | 2/19/1934 | See Source »

...millions of sharks to be had for the taking, he thinks the shark business has a big future. Shark oil is used for tanning, steel-tempering, paint-making. Tons of shark meat, which tastes something like lobster, are sold daily throughout the world, usually under the name of "rock salmon" or "grayfish." Ground-up shark carcass makes good poultry feed or fertilizer. Chinese snap up shark fins for making soup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Birth in a Bat House | 12/11/1933 | See Source »

...roles, is: Chesterfield Wragsdale, Robert Gardner-Medwin S.A.; Vivienne Waters, Elizabeth Morison; Michael Love, Richard Sullivan '35; Molly O'Sullivan, Lois Hall; Mrs. Gordon A. Bock, Louise Graham; Mr. Gordon Beck, Arthur Szathmary '37; Carl Svenson, Paul Killian, Jr. '37; Udolphus, Whitney Cook '36; Benri, Charles Sedgewick '34; Edwin Salmon, John Cromwell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERFORMANCE OF "EVER THE TWAIN" POSTPONED | 11/16/1933 | See Source »

...mass, is the latest bit to desert the islands and, both geologically and biologically, become a portion of Alaska. In the lifetime of the present generation sailing vessels glided between the islands and the mainland through what is known as False Pass. At low water today a school of salmon would scrape off their belly fins trying to negotiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Glacier Priest | 11/13/1933 | See Source »

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