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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FREE COQUILLETTE IN DISTRICT COURT | 1/8/1937 | See Source »

Near Somerville, N. J. one day last month Trooper William A. Turnbull of New Jersey's State Police sighted a blue sedan scorching down the highway, gave chase, forced the speeders to stop. While he was arguing with the driver, another man and a woman got out of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Catch & Credit | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

Nearly 24 hours before reaching Buenos Aires, Franklin Roosevelt's second official reception began. The Argentine battleships Rivadavia and Moreno, cruiser Almirante Brown and eight destroyers sighted the Indianapolis and its escort Chester off the coast of Uruguay, fired 21 guns and formed up behind as escort. When the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Southern Cross | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Released by Channing Ellsworth Sweitzer, the association's large, able, 48-year-old managing director, was this explanation: "The board of directors has submitted the resignation . . . effective immediately because of inadequate representation for retailing in the council of the Chamber and a lack of recognition of the importance of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: N.R.D.G.A. from U.S.C. of C. | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

They had stowed away on the West Mahwah but were discovered at midnight, two hours after sailing. Furious, Captain Hansen at once ordered a few pieces of painters' staging spliced together, gave the boys two bottles of water and a loaf of bread, set them adrift. At dawn the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Coffin Island Castaways | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

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