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...refusing to sign a statement that he had been humanely treated. The general turned him over to one Sergeant Bunzo Yoshida. Sometimes Yoshida's lessons would be taught with water, sometimes with electric shock, sometimes with just the butt of a rifle or the heel of a boot. Then one day Yoshida trussed his naked prisoner up with his head between his legs and his arms strapped behind him, and left him alone. Five days later his fellow prisoners found Hutton stark crazy. Next day he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Insufficient Evidence | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

Army of Liberation (with arms and advisers lent by the Caribbean Legion) boot out Calderon Guardia and his motley following of extreme rightists and Communists. Tacho never forgot the Legion's real aim: destruction of such Caribbean dictators as Honduras' Carias, Dominican Republic's Trujillo, and Tacho himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Sneak Punch | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...visible wirepulling, showed no interest in kingmaking, and-except for visits with aging, trigger-tempered Teamster Chief Dan Tobin-he steered clear of smoke-filled rooms. With beet-faced vehemence, he denied a rumor which had gotten to Cincinnati before him-that he was hell bent to boot old Dan out of office and grab the teamsters' presidency for himself. "Mr. Tobin," he said, with dignity, "is like a father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Herdsman | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

Socialist Britain had its topsy-turvy aspect as well, and from there last week came a story of a London visitor who was inordinately impressed with the satiny polish given his shoes by a hotel boot boy. Next morning he arose especially early to catch the "boots" and congratulate him. "How did you ever learn to do it?" he asked. The boots drew himself to attention. "As a matter of fact," he replied in the clipped accents of an ex-Guards officer, "my batman taught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Nov. 29, 1948 | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...Preston, et al.) are also believable. Before Cowpoke Robert Mitchum gets mixed up in plot, he has a friendly shooting match with the rancher's daughter (Barbara Bel Geddes). She snipes at him as he tries to ford a stream. He retaliates by shooting the heel off her boot. At some point in this exchange of lead, love blossoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 22, 1948 | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

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