Word: alberts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Quencher. In Chicago, a disorderly conduct charge against Alex Aratri was dismissed when he explained why he jumped in the river: "Just went in for a drink of water." Clothing Business. In Cleveland, Albert Tepper chased a thief who had snatched a coat from his car, recovered the coat when the thief dropped it, got back to his car just in time to see the thief driving off in it. Near Grafton, Australia, Farmer William Thompson found a kan garoo caught in a fence, put his vest on it, merrily watched it hop away in style, realized later that...
...begun about a year ago, when U.S. Lieut. General Albert C. Wedemeyer, a brilliant staff man, took over the China Theater from General Joseph W. Stilwell. Its broad purpose was to give China a modern army that could meet the Japanese on equal terms. The work went forward under the title of Chinese Combat Command. It rapidly became one of the most remarkable training projects in military history...
...commanders did not relish their paradoxical position. Lieut. General Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander in the China theater, had discussed his difficulties in Washington, urging a clearer directive and a more forthright policy. He did not get what he wanted. Last week, on his way back to China, the General did some public thinking about the U.S. stake in China's civil strife. "There is no doubt," he said, "that the turn of events in an area embracing half the world's population must inevitably affect our country-economically, psychologically and perhaps militarily." In Shanghai Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid...
This well-meaning project is part of a larger Sinatra crusade (TIME, Oct. 1). It was staged with free help from topflight Hollywood talent: Producer Frank Ross, Director Mervyn LeRoy, Writer Albert Maltz (Pride of the Marines). They got the idea for the picture when they learned that Sinatra had been making spontaneous visits to high schools where he preached little sermons on tolerance. The short's message should be clear enough to anyone. To keep the bobby-sox trade in their seats, Sinatra tosses in two songs, If You Are But a Dream and a ballad with...
Crashing Success. In Albert Lea, Minn., a rescue squad revived Ralph Booen, after he tried out his new device for asphyxiating rats...