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For 42 years the true story of their deaths has been one of the greatest European mysteries, a delight to novelists and playwrights. There were dozens of versions: Rudolf committed suicide. The pair were killed by a jealous husband. It was a political murder inspired by the Czechs, the Poles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Kathe's Version | 8/17/1931 | See Source »

Admiral Byrd last week ordered an epitaph for his terrier Igloo, with whom he flew over both poles and who is now buried at Dedham, Mass.: "Igloo?He Was More Than A Friend."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 8, 1931 | 6/8/1931 | See Source »

But Mayor Thompson's campaign lacked its usual street circus. He had wanted to parade a herd of fat swine through the Loop, each one labelled with a job his opponent already held, but his friends dissuaded him from such an exhibition. The Mayor then settled down to verbal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: World's Fair Mayor | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

Meantime, Newell and an Indian tried to capture a large Anaconda boa constrictor. It had been Siemel's idea that one of these monsters, which reach a length of 30 ft., could be taken alive by loop-ended poles in the hands of a half-dozen men. Newell and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Matto Grosso Rigors | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

Unless you were told, you would certainly never think Heinrich Mann was brother to Nobel Prize-winner Thomas. Their books are poles apart. Thomas's are quiet, philosophical, analytic; Heinrich's loud, nightmarish, operatic. The Little Town is like a garish and improbable opera played at top speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Men Like Dogs* | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

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