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Walk, Don't Run. In Manhattan, when fire broke out at the Charles Café, customers were herded into line, headed toward the door, passed the cashier's desk, paid their checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 1, 1945 | 1/1/1945 | See Source »

That night, on the courthouse lawn, the Fourth Term campaign was officially opened. In an introductory speech, Texas' Tom Connally cried: "The American people will not cashier the Commander-in-Chief on the field of battle." Harry Truman, standing under two huge elms, said nothing about himself, almost nothing of any 1944 Democratic program. His theme was plainly and simply: "You can't afford to take a chance. You should endorse tried and experienced leadership." He mentioned "experience" eight times in 20 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Truman Day Special | 9/11/1944 | See Source »

...handed Ed a $20 bill, got $17.50 in change, gave Ed a 25? tip, and doled out 15? to the shoeshine boy. The Star, with its short, old-fashioned headlines, was on the cashier's counter. The big man picked up the paper and read aloud: RED SPEED STUNS NAZIS, YANKS STRIKE IN FRANCE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Midsummer Mood | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

Even the town's No. i Democrat, who is also cashier of the bank, was in the crowd. So was Tom Dewey's "citified" neighbor, Commentator Lowell Thomas. Thomas introduced the Governor to the friendly small-town audience, with folksy references to Dewey gadding off to big cities like Chicago when his hay needed putting in. Thomas said he had put his own hay in that very morning, and as a neighborly turn had even pitched a little at the Dewey farm. Dewey replied, with characteristic heavy jocularity, that if so, it was the first work Lowell Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weil-Tailored Farmer | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

Research in Numismatics. At Bournemouth, a private first class (wearing sergeant's stripes) walked into a branch bank, handed a lady cashier a $100 Confederate bill and eleven current U.S. dollars, for which she gave him 26 British pounds. When caught, he explained: "I have been interested in coins all my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Malefactors Abroad | 5/1/1944 | See Source »

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