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...coast against submarines. Out in civil life again in 1926, he put martial affairs behind him for good, took up exploring. It was while he was self-marooned in a hut at Advance Base, 123-mi. south of Little America three years ago with his now famed defective oil stove, that Sailor Byrd, deathly ill from monoxide poisoning, turned his thoughts full force to peace. Having written his will while maintaining a spuriously cheerful radio contact with his base camp lest men be lost hurrying to his rescue before the polar sun came up, the slight Virginian noted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Byrd of Peace | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...room to his neighbor, Street-washer Gobin, and, later, to chase her mean sister (Gale Sondergaard) downstairs. It gave her the courage also, when she got news of Chico's death, not to believe it. After the Armistice was signed, Diane put the onion soup on the stove early to have it ready when he got back. At supper time, Chico was there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 5, 1937 | 4/5/1937 | See Source »

...until later in the day when the audience is larger. This is rank discrimination against the American housewife, and promises to become a breeder of privilege. Imagine the pleasure that would come into the lives of our wives and mothers if during mornings spent bent over a hot stove or steaming washtub they could turn a switch and hear a lecture from Mallinckrodt, perhaps by Professor Kohler, giving them some new pointers on biscuit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1937 | 2/11/1937 | See Source »

...drunk he couldn't feed the lions because he wasn't "quick enough." Said the judge: "You'd better . . . take to feeding rabbits." Blast In Fairview, 111., a keg of wet blasting powder was lugged into the house of Albert Taylor, 61, to dry beside a stove. As Taylor sat down to dinner with his wife and eight children, the powder exploded, razed the house, killed three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 1, 1937 | 2/1/1937 | See Source »

...death of the Minister of Interior by heart failure. In the late afternoon Lille buzzed with rumors of suicide. These became official at 11:30 p. m. and M. Salengro was an nounced to have placed wet cloths around his kitchen windows to seal them, turned on the gas stove, died asphyxiated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Cyclist Salengro | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

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