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...want a rubber goose Stop barking, daddy, it's no use. Your gifts are gold but you are loose Away! I cannot care for youse. --Diogenes, Daily Princetonian...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...knew aught of motors and who were able to push near enough to the cars to see, sensed at once that the Show held nothing new (of importance) from an engineering standpoint Certain cars, it is true, had effected minor improvements: additional bearings to the crank shaft (Dodge); rubber cushioning of engines (Buick); adding of a fourth speed (Paige); crankcase ventilation (Oldsmobile). But all of these features have been used before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Manhattan Show | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

...went the splashers. They sucked food through' rubber tubes. They listened to the cheerings of their followers. The red flares of surrender were going up often now. Few were left to flay their ways through the black water. Only two of the men-George Young, 17-year-old Canadian, and huge Norman Ross of Chicago-still faced the mainland. Between 3 and 4 miles from shore Swimmer Ross sighed finis and groped for the gunwale of his boat. That left George Young alone, and he succeeded. After 15 hrs., 44 min., 33 sec., he reached Point Vinvente, Calif., losing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swim | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

...Crimson five man offense at the end of the first period had only succeeded in holding the Brown sextet to a 1 to 1 tie. Zarakov and Tudor cooperated on the first goal, the latter slamming the rubber past Fessenden. Chase scored the only goal for Brown, receiving a pass near the net from Binns, who poked the rubber past Adams, starting in place of Morrill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEAR GRUDGINGLY YIELDS 5 TO 1 WIN | 1/19/1927 | See Source »

Junk. Guffaws, not intended by the author, greeted this confection; Playwright Edwin Self is advertising manager for the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Ohio. All praise to Dayton had he written a play, but has he? Junkman Ernest John (corpulent Sydney Greenstreet) has informal chats with God; radiates sunshine; feels led to rob a bank to help an aged invalid lady; with approval of the author does so. Old Sal (Emma Dunn) after rampaging all she can to offset the drivel, climaxes with a nerve-wrecking unexpected shriek?as Ernest John, in a large chair, slowly dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 17, 1927 | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

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