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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In Chicago, nine minutes before the close of WBBM's Ellery Queen program, a water hose burst in the transmitter cooling system, and WBBM had to go off the air. Almost immediately WBBM's switchboard was swamped with calls, all asking, "Who was the murderer?" The phone girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Clew of the Busted Hose | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

The November issue of Radio News tells more than all. According to Editor Kopetzky's undercover man, Anonymous, much of the circumspect chatter from abroad has a double, secret, coded meaning, decipherable only by experts in the broadcasters' listening posts.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Double Talk | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

"Postal cards and letters from the children indicate that they are not only enjoying their country stay, but are healthy and well" (The latest air raid of the British was eminently successful, and all returned without the loss of a plane).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Double Talk | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

The removal was properly signalized by that proper British institution, the fourth editorial (known as the Light Leader) of the London Times. In its characteristic tone, half-bulldog, half-maiden aunt, the Light Leader thus saluted Eros' departure: "From this moment onwards nobody can doubt that there is a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hub's Hub's Hub | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

For 20 years Manhattan's most persistent exhibition-goer was a little old gentleman with a beard, a beady eye and baggy trousers. Standing before a painting, preferably a high-priced one, he would mutter. "Pffft! Such crude pigments! My, such a stencil technique-brr-let me get away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Manhattan Mahatma | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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