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Florida ran into a hurricane at Syracuse, lost, in rain that made the ball as slippery as an orange seed, 33 to 12.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Oct. 26, 1931 | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

It may be significant of the way justice can be bought and sold that Capone changed his plea from Guilty to Not Guilty when he discovered that he could not bargain with the Federal government. He is being held for evasion of the income tax laws, not for violations of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAW MUSCLES IN | 10/8/1931 | See Source »

They won again when Hannibal, their largest and fiercest lion, got into a cage which a keeper was scrubbing. The keeper "did the one thing that would save his life. He took the lion completely by surprise. He emitted a blood-curdling yell, sprang into the air and with all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: One Month for Ducking | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

¶ Louis Schneider: the annual 500-mile automobile race at Indianapolis, when the car driven by Billy Arnold, who won last year, lost a wheel, collided with another car and caught fire near the finish. Rain, which made the track slippery, delayed the start for two hours but no drivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Jun. 8, 1931 | 6/8/1931 | See Source »

Agents of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals carry emergency kits wherever they go. To be ready for every accident which may befall an animal, the kits contain a horse blanket, a water pail, new bits, colic medicine, spirits of ammonia, iodine, tourniquets, adhesive tape, bandages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Horse Slippers | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

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