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"He thought the detectives were bandits and clung to an iron railing!" roared Brigadier General Edward Spears M. P., defending British Subject G. D. Fitzpatrick, a youthful officer in the Royal Air Force. ''The detectives twisted his arm, pulled his tie into a tight knot around his neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Aug. 7, 1933 | 8/7/1933 | See Source »

SPEARS AGAINST Us-Cecil Roberts -Appleton ($2.50). English best-seller about two families, one Austrian, one English. The War havocs them.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Books of the Week | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

The stage is an African jungle. Spears flash through the murk, an elephant trumpets. Tom-tom-tom goes the tom-tom. The Voodoo Man warns his people, "All the gods are angry, all the clouds hang low." There must be human sacrifice. The Girl is chosen. As she walks into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cleveland Opera | 7/11/1932 | See Source »

Vincent Petrullo and Eldridge Reeves Fenimore Johnson, son of the founder of Victor Talking Machine Co., were in the airplane. They saw the amazing red men below snatch their spears and bows & arrows, and form into fighting squads of six. The Yawalapiti were going to battle the huge creature circling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Gods & Fishhooks | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

Jefferson Davis Dickson, 36, was left in Paris by the American Expeditionary Force, so he began promoting prizefights in a small way. He discovered Primo Camera, became a millionaire (in francs), is now impresario of the big Palais des Sports, the Tex Rickard of Paris. Last week he also had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lion Hunt | 6/6/1932 | See Source »

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