People, Sep. 14, 1931

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

Belle Livingstone, aged scofflaw who was sentenced to 30 days in jail for bootlegging in her swanky three-story saloon in Manhattan's 58th Street (TIME, Feb. 16), opened a new resort outside Reno, Nev. Converted from a dairy barn, the place is decorated with pictures of monkeys; a troupe of dancing Negresses perform monkeyshines. In a nearby outhouse there is a bar.

Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of Pennsylvania's Governor, applied for permission to carry a gun, explained: "I travel at night a good...

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