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...beaten him into sub-mission," is TIME's description of the capture. "His gun, a .32 automatic, was found in his coat in another room," Father-in-Law Porter said for the Star. He was captured at his father-in-law's house. "One of the detectives threw a flashlight on Burke as he reclined in bed ... he was awakened and (we) took him without any trouble," continued Mr. Hoover's interview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 27, 1931 | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

...Mattoon. Ill., a theatre manager announced a performance for children. Admission: an egg apiece, to be given to charity. The theatre held 1,132, but 2,000 children came. Infuriated latecomers threw eggs at the manager, at passersby, at policemen. The manager put on a second, free show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 20, 1931 | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

Pastor Brown seized his visitor and threw him out. Then he seized a revolver and fired at Revivalist Rider. He hit him in the back and, as he turned, in the left side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In Halley's Bluff, Mo. | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

Shrewd, Mr. Gandhi has never tried to move Christians by this Christlike form of ultimatum; but upon the Hindus and Moslems of India he has tried it more than once, and last week it again suc- ceeded. Abruptly the Congress Working Committee approved the whole Gandhi program, threw it to the delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Naked to Buckingham Palace | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...Wisconsin this headline would be held nonlibelous because it referred only to some professor, did not identify Professor Bradley. In Georgia the judge threw the case out of court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: What Headlines May Say (Cont'd.) | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

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