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Word: aliases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Archie Sweet, janitor of the Blue's Chicago studios, led off with an infuriating rendition of Mairzy Doats on his washboard, casserole cover, alarm clock, etc. But the title was tucked away by redheaded James Howard Nash, alias Panhandle Pete (see cut), ex-North Carolina hillbilly of Grand Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Poor Man's Philharmonic | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

"Now who is behind this bill? Who is the chief sponsor of it? The chief publicist is PM, the uptown edition of the Communist Daily Worker that is being financed by the tax-escaping fortune of Marshall Field III, and the chief broadcaster for it is Walter Winchell-alias no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Soldiers Vote? | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

Each Sunday in the London Express, Columnist Nathaniel Gubbins writes to & for the ordinary people of Britain (TIME, March 8). They understand him, laugh with and at him. On Nov. 21, before the Cairo and Teheran conferences stirred the world, Columnist Gubbins (alias Astrologer "Old Moore" Gubbins) wrote:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Bloody Gubbins | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

Latest name for flashing light, alias "blinding bulb." Now the pensive Mr. Lange comes up with "flickering filament.". . Bad Habits Department: K. W. Deadler's insistence on reserving his timid and apologetic queries until just on the hour when it's time for the smoking lamp to light.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 11/12/1943 | See Source »

Said Blackmailer Bioff: yes, he knew the defendants well. Seven of them were "The Syndicate" that had helped him filch at least $1 million in union dues, and blackmail the czars of Hollywood on a Hollywood scale. Staring coldly back at Willie Bioff's fat, pointing finger was an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: How to Be a Racketeer | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

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