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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fortnight's pedestrian holiday from his police duties, meets up with an aggressive young Scottish engineer. They set out to cross Dukesmoor together in a thick fog. From the window of the moorland house a face watches them menacingly. Through the fog comes faintly the tolling of a bell-a convict has escaped! At Oakmere Pool lies the dead body of a man, stripped to his underclothes. . . . Thus this thriller, in the somewhat old-fashioned English manner: plenty of atmosphere and a well-defined trail, with the red herrings a little brightly colored. Two characters stand out with pleasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder! | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Perceiving Funnyman Rogers' success, Funnyman Eddie Cantor, also of the Follies, and Publisher William Randolph Hearst, last week made known that Cantor would comment daily on the news through Bell Syndicate. To show how he could newscrack, Funnyman Cantor issued the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Newscracker | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...Archer '30, B. V. Atherton '32, N. F. Bacon '32, J. T. Baldwin '30, C. E. Bell '31, A. C. Booth '30, J. M. Bradley '33, G. W. Briggs '31, J. P. Cowin '32, Eustis Dearborn '32, E. K. Djerl '30, R. O. Edwards '31, O. W. Eiseman '30, J. W. Fleming '30, J. R. Frothingham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTRUMENTALS TO PERFORM ON FRIDAY | 12/18/1929 | See Source »

...heavier, 12½ in. taller than his own. In the sixth round he hit Carnera in the stomach. Carnera's vast legs buckled. He knelt a minute, then rose. In the seventh round little Stribling's punches angered Carnera. A strange expression contorted his wide face. The bell was ringing as he rushed at Stribling, swung at him three or four times, then hit him on the head and knocked him down. The referee hoisted Stribling up, disqualified Carnera, evened the Carnera-Stribling foul score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Carnera v. Stribling | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Steel. Charles M. Schwab, U. S.; James A. Campbell, U. S.; Sir Hugh Bell, England; Dr. Albert Vögler, Germany; Jacques Van Hoegarden, Belgium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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