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The Jefferson Day bombshell is therefore to be regarded as far more significant than the ordinary internal distensions of the Democratic party. It has been generally felt that in the event of a Roosevelt nomination, Mr. Smith would remain compliantly silent. But in taking this new stand, he has swung...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A STRONGER SMITH | 4/15/1932 | See Source »

Admiral Willard's problem was to locate the main body of Admiral Leigh's command. In that he failed to do this in seven days, at which time Admiral Frank Herman Schofield. commander of the Fleet, called off hostilities, Admiral Willard "lost" the war game. But even after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Fleet Problem No. 13 | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

Age 36, weight 190, onetime heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey last week climbed into a Chicago ring opposite Harry Krakow ("Kingfish Levinsky"), 21-year-old Maxwell Street fish peddler, rated as the tenth best heavyweight in the U. S. The fight, billed as a four round exhibition bout, had drawn a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dempsey v. Fish | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

Their standard-bearer was that political skyrocket, stocky, peppery Major Camillien Houde of Montreal. There is nothing conservative about Mr. Houde except his party. He first appeared in politics less than ten years ago when he unexpectedly won a seat in the Legislature from the stanch Liberal division of Sainte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Skyrocket Doused | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

When she steams out of Norfolk Navy Yard the Utah, ordered scrapped after the London Naval Conference, will be known officially as a target, will maneuver defensively as an enemy ship.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Robot | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

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