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The four guzzlers in "Speaking of Prohibition" were exactly in this mood of gentle satire. Actually, Prohibition is a subject on which Artist Gibson feels most strongly (witness Life's altruistic crusade last spring). But these four quaffers were not drunk, just pleasantly "fried." Their faces could be found...
Captain Spencer T. S. MacNeill of the Mauretania and Captain George Fried, famed rescuer, of the America went to rescue the sinking Swedish freighter Ovidia in mid-Atlantic. The Mauretania arrived, took off the crew; the America steamed up two hours afterward. Said Captain MacNeill: "She stood by, but I...
After the wettest, coldest summer in years?a summer that rotted potatoes in the ground in Ireland, nearly ruined the French wheat crop, brought disastrous business to summer resorts?all Europe fried last week. Newspapers, eager to blame anything from the cost of living to the morals of the younger...
Last week Habibullah Khan, ex-king of Afghanistan, né Bacha Sakao, the Water Boy bandit, was captured by victorious King Nadir, imprisoned in Kabul. Though Royal Nadir has on occasion fried Afghan generals in oil (TIME, Sept. 2), no such fate awaited Habibullah. He was taken out and humanely...
Kabul grew too hot last week for gleaming-eyed, white-tusked King Habibullah, the savage onetime bandit who last winter wrested Afghanistan's throne from weak, well-meaning little King Amanullah (TIME, Jan. 28). All through the summer, Usurper Habibullah has been harassed by the lean, ruthless, white-chinned...