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When asked about his most amusing experience in the World War he started on the story of how he captured a steamer when the "Seeadler" was in bad need of drinking-water. "We had nothing but an old cannon made in 1820," he said, "but still we had to capture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sleepy "Sea-Devil" Reminisces on Capture of Liquor-Laden Steamer--Loaded Stovepipe Masqueraded as Aerial Torpedo | 3/28/1931 | See Source »

No doubt you are able, and you may be far sighted.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Only a Voice | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

One midnight last week the battle was on when Washington flashed a "state of war" warning to the Blue fleet. With lights out and radio silent it moved across the Gulf of Panama in search of the enemy. The Blue's eagle-eyed destroyers were in the lead, the Los...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Fleet Problem 12 | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

The passage of the Bonus Loan Bill through the Senate appears to be an extremely short sighted move on the part of the representatives of the nation. The bill if repassed over the President's practically certain veto, will mean a demand of approximately one and a quarter billions of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BONUS BONERS | 2/21/1931 | See Source »

When McNaught Syndicate announced that Alfred Emanuel Smith would write a weekly newspaper "feature" (TIME, Nov. 24) many there were who expected to see the Brown Derby perched jauntily at the top of every paragraph. Last week the first Smith article appeared in 70 Saturday and Sunday papers. Although Unemployment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sunday Stuff | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

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