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...Antibes when she and Gilbert argued about what to do after dinner-he for staying in, she for going outa night spent so distinctly to her own taste that at 5:30 a. m. Gilbert, still sitting up and still alone, got into his car and drove off at a furious pace into the Riviera dawn. Mrs. Gilbert came home, became excited, threw some things in a suitcase, went away somewhere. Reunited in Paris, they now refer to this incident as a "slight tiff." They are returning to the U. S. soon to make more pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...Broker Edward F. ("Lucky Ed") Hutton and his golden-haired, oyster-and-pearl-fond wife, Marjorie Post Close Hutton, daughter of Charles W. Post of Postum and Toastie fame.* Hutton wealth is disbursed in gorgeous grandeur. Invited to the famed Manville-Bernadotte wedding in Pleasantville, N. Y., Mrs. Hutton drove to Grand Central in one of her six Rolls-Royces,* made the 28-mile trip in a private car, was met in Pleasantville by other Rolls-Royces she had sent ahead. On this occasion observers noted the private car did not carry an empty baggage car behind, usual Hutton caution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Bluepoints, Inc. | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...Donald Cadman, nephew of Radio Preacher Samuel Parkes Cadman, drove two thieves out of his father's drugstore at Chappaqua, N. Y., had them arrested, retrieved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Crown Prince Umberto of Italy, 25, with his regiment during maneuvers in the Piedmont Alps; heard a little girl had been bitten by a viper. He drove to the spot with a doctor, rushed the girl to Turin for further treatment. Villagers, learning his identity, made festival, wore Sunday clothes the rest of the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 16, 1929 | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

...Sing Sing convict, disguised in a keeper's raincoat, drove away with five convict-comrades in a motor truck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How To Break Prison | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

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