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What made the legal difficulties of an obscure little newspaper in the Republic of Panama worth reporting last week was partly that the charges concerned the Army but principally that the defendant is one of the most ripsnorting "hell & be-damned" newspaper proprietors in the Western Hemisphere...
...novel, sold for $1, proved the author to be a sentimental narcissist. Born in Nebraska of "tithing Baptists, Irish fighters and Yankee ne'er-do-wells," young Rounsevell was raised in upState New York, learned to chew tobacco before he was 12. took to sin early. (The skids to Hell were well greased and I slid down the incline as fast as any boy in his teens ever did.) His pious father could not abide him. (I was the first Rounsevell ever to drink, curse and play cards.} From an Irish grandfather he acquired "a sense of humor, a taste...
...proposal to grant a 5,000-peso bonus ($1,400) to each & every member of Congress, a proposal which President Cardenas had vetoed week before, despite the fact that Mexican custom sanctions such "tips" to obedient legislators. When the majority deputies sternly resisted this tempting bait, voted it down, hell suddenly broke loose in the chamber...
...dissatisfied young man was Howard Hughes, 30-year-old bachelor, nephew of Author Rupert Hughes. A pilot since he was 14, this ultra-rich young oilman and cinema producer first burst over the horizon of national attention when he produced Hell's Angels (TIME, June 9, 1930). Other cinema successes followed, but by 1932 Director Hughes had tired of Hollywood, turned back to aviation as a prime interest. Hiding under a pseudonym, he got a job as transport pilot for American Airways, managed to make one cross-country flight before officials discovered his identity. Next Pilot Hughes took...
Each of the 1,050 new Freshmen is assured one of these white cards but many of them will only gain fame through the occasional check-ups by statisticians. For Harvard in the words of Paul Engels is a "hell of a big place, mister" and gives small consideration to those who spend four years vegetating in the forest. Why should she? She has so much to offer and makes it so accessible to those who have the energy to reach out after...