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A series of dull explosions and a dreadful stench drove 4,000 guests of the Centre Asturiano Regional Society dance out into the night. The smell was traced to the person of Bartolome Mas, 25, when a stink bomb exploded in his pocket.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Cry Day | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

Sound travels through air 1088 feet per second. At about ten minutes past six one evening last week the people of Basel, Switzerland heard a dull and distant rumble. It might have been thunder, but the sky was clear. A minute and a half later the same sound reached Cologne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Neunkirchen | 2/20/1933 | See Source »

In Santa Cruz province last week the sky darkened with the smoke of dozens of fires and the air was heavy with a dreadful stench. Down the dusty roads moved interminable flocks of sheep bleating mournfully, to converge in great corrals. In the corrals stood gauchos, their flapping diaper-like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sacrifice | 2/20/1933 | See Source »

Funniest situation: Messrs. Haley & Silvers finding themselves recuperating from a- pair of dreadful hangovers in the same bed. Most amusing lyric, sung by Miss Merman in a levee resort:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 12, 1932 | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

Queen Myrtle, according to Veiled Prophet tradition (shockingly violated recently), may not marry until she has relinquished her crown to her successor next year. But while all might gaze at the Queen, the veil of the Prophet is never lifted, even the Press conspiring to keep his name a dreadful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Prophet, King, Queens | 10/17/1932 | See Source »

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