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...said, had pulled a dozen of her teeth without permission, gave her no anesthetic, took a drink of whiskey after each extraction. ¶Cincinnati Common Pleas Judge Stanley Struble, 82, took a long look at a series of magazine pictures showing a young woman stripping down to the buff, acquitted a news dealer of peddling obscene literature. Said Judge Struble: "The front views, as well as the other views, are of God's own children. There cannot be any obscenity in God's own handiwork." ¶ New York City celebrated its Golden Jubilee ( 50th anniversary of the consolidation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jun. 21, 1948 | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

...Actress Buff Cobb, 21, granddaughter of the late Humorist Irvin S. Cobb, sued her second husband for divorce after seven months of marriage. She said that the husband, Actor William Eythe, had hit her a couple of times last fall. Two days later, in a seesawing mood, she called the whole thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 19, 1948 | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...last week was something called Multi-Purpose Food, developed in Los Angeles by Dr. Henry Borsook, Caltech nutritionist. To soybean grits (the material left over after the beans' oil is extracted), Dr. Borsook added minerals, synthetic vitamins, flavoring materials and hydrolyzed yeast. The mixture looks like speckled, light-buff cornmeal. It has twice as much high-grade protein as beef, and more vitamins. It lacks vitamin C (unstable to temperature changes) and is low on calories. But two ounces of the stuff, supplemented with leafy vegetables and a little bread or potatoes, provide a full, balanced meal. The cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: 3 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...from the pale, thin lips of Bee County's Sheriff Robert Vail Ennis. And both statements have been roughly true. Day or night a lady could sashay unmenaced up Beeville's streets, past the cream stuccoed Kohler Hotel, the Blue Bonnet Café, and the two-story buff brick jail where Sheriff Ennis lives with his wife and daughter and keeps evildoers under lock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Hellbent Sheriff | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

Rumors have it that the Boston University Freshman football team can handle the Terrier varsity without much trouble. At any rate the heirs to "Buff" Donelli's new football empire smothered the Tufts '51 squad 36 to 0 last week and will head up river to take on the Yardling eleven at 2 o'clock this afternoon on the Freshman field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '51 Plays Potent Terrier Pups Today | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

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