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Moss Hart, gold-plated author of Winged Victory (TIME, Nov. 29), was suddenly short of gold. Stolen from his apartment was his entire collection of high-carat garters, cuff links, suspenders, cigaret cases, pens & pencils...
...nominate the Conqueror of Conquerors, the fiend INFLATION, who lights his cigaret with a greenback, who sits upon the back of Victory, who spurns Justice and Security beneath his feet, and who is served by minor devils Want, Crime and Destruction. Peering over his shoulder show his lieutenant, John L. Lewis. Let Artzybasheff draw...
...soldier, standing ankle-deep in Chungking mud, lit a cigaret with a Chinese dollar and laughed. A patient child cut a doll from currency and its mother said nothing. A ricksha coolie, squatting beside the road, thumbed through a fat roll again & again. He waved away a customer, saying that he had enough...
...Acquired a wardrobe of 40 suits, 20 shirts, 25 ties, half a dozen pairs of shoes, two mink-lined topcoats, three gold cigaret cases valued at $700 apiece, a star sapphire ring ($1,200), high yellow button shoes for race meetings, an 18-carat, 110-penny-weight watch chain 17 inches long; and from his writings, endorsements...
...Borie, holed by ramming the sub, was mortally wounded. Her engine-room crew had worked neck-deep in water to keep her going during the fight. They had used cigaret-lighter fluid to keep the auxiliary radio engine going. The next night the crew was ordered off the ship. Twenty-seven crewmen lost their lives in the freezing North Atlantic. Friendly shells sank the Borie...