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...explosives before incendiaries, hoping to make fire fighters lie low while fires caught on. For three bad nights in a row, the South Wales port of Swansea took a pasting. On two successive days, the Germans tried daylight attacks on Hell's Corner, much like those of last autumn. The British claimed they failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, STRATEGY: The Enemies Agree | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

...Last autumn the impresarios of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Young People's Concerts hit on a bright idea: let prodigies perform before their peers. To puerile applause, they presented 8-year-old and 11-year-old pianists, a 12-year-old fiddler, a 14-year-old clarinetist. Last week they trotted out a talent which was more special and more exciting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prodigious Coloratura | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

Hitler can use Bulgaria as a springboard to attack either Greece or the Near East, where he may have to go for oil if he fails to subdue Britain by next autumn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: War Aims | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

Scott's latest bounce is the result of a fraternal squabble. Owner of the paper and Scott's boss is an ex-President of Panama, Dr. Harmodio Arias, brother to present President Dr. Arnulfo Arias. Dr. Harmodio backed his brother until he took office last autumn, then changed his mind, saying that Dr. Arnulfo planned to revamp the Republic along fascist lines. Aside from ideological considerations, Dr. Harmodio dislikes Dr. Arnulfo's nationalism because he is attorney for big U. S. corporations. Since the election the Panama American has gone after Dr. Arnulfo hot & heavy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Bouncing Scott | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

...fear 1942 model changes will be limited by defense needs, the Automobile Manufacturers Association broke a 40-year precedent, canceled this autumn's National Automobile Show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: Agent's Coup | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

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