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...real life the late Clarence Day Sr., crusty Wall Street broker of the horsecar days, son of the New York Sun's Founder Benjamin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: $500,000 Down | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

Married. Mrs. Brenda Williams-Taylor Frazier Watriss, mother of ex-Glamor Girl Brenda Frazier Kelly; and Henry Pierrepont Perry, retired stock broker; each for the third time; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 17, 1942 | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

...committee tossed over some depth bombs, and the rising oil slick showed that at least one had found its mark: though the Government has taxed away most of the wartime profits of manufacturers, there is still lush money to be made in the shadowy, unproductive role of "war broker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: How to Get Rich | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

...week's end the committee had agreed on a bill to outlaw broker's commissions on war contracts, try to get back those already paid. The Justice Department was investigating possible violations of any existing laws. And the Navy took a sharp, critical look at officers who had been wined, dined and given presents by brokers who got rich quick on Navy contracts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: How to Get Rich | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

Marriage Revealed. Cinemactress Madeleine Carroll, 36; and seafaring ex-Cinemactor Stirling Hayden, 26; three months ago; in an undisclosed New England town. Her first husband was Captain Philip Astley, a London real-estate broker, whom she divorced in 1939. Hayden, who quit Hollywood after a brief career, said his wife would soon quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 13, 1942 | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

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