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...join the Bonus Expeditionary Force, to besiege Congress for immediate cashing of their adjusted service certificates. At their head was a thin, leathery roofer from Los Angeles named Roy Robertson. He wore a blue overseas cap, whipcord breeches. Behind his head was a steel brace from which a strap was fastened under his chin. While serving in the Navy he had fallen from a hammock, permanently injured his spine. His disability in no way diminished his capacity to stage one of the grittiest demonstrations of the Depression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: No Man's Land | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

Perturbed by a lack of pockets, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida invented a knapsack to contain briefs, bills and other necessities. To make it harmonize with feminine attire, she hung it from one shoulder by a strap with a silver buckle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 28, 1931 | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

...Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, Eskimo Otto Knudsen saw his first cinema, went violently cinemad. Several powerful companions had to hold down, strap to a steamer bunk and convey to Copenhagen for treatment Eskimo Otto Knudsen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 27, 1931 | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

...telegraphy, multiplex telegraphy and telephony, tree telegraphy and telephony, broadcasting over power and telephone lines by radio frequency currents (wired radio). General Squier's exhibit at Chicago was an unexpected non sequitur to his previous work. It was a woman's powder compact, rigged with a strap for wrist wear. A tiny handle pulled out a small drawer wherein reposed powder, puff and mirror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Inventors & Backers | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

Texas has Strap Buckner, who found nobody could stand up to his fist. He enjoyed knocking people down, finally got a bit beyond himself and took on the Devil. After that encounter all he could say was: "Skin for skin, skin for skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: U. S. Giants | 11/3/1930 | See Source »

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