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In an NBC studio in Manhattan, a squad of baritones warmed up. Said a sharp-eared passer-by to a receptionist: "Is there a job open for baritones? Maybe I can horn in on this audition." Horn in he did. When he sang before Conductor Wilfred Pelletier and other judges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Career of Tommy Dix | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

For the inmates, it is a great outing. In big, red cattle trucks, sandwiched between armed cars, those quartered at the Prison System's ten farms are taken to the '"Walls" (main prison) at Huntsville. More than 75% of the 6,500 inmates get to see the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stars Behind Bars | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

As scenarist, Sturges wrote a tender little tale about 24 hours in the life of Jimmy MacDonald (Dick Powell), a perennial slogan contestant who is out for Maxford House Coffee Co.'s $25,000 prize. Powell is a $22-a-week comptometer clerk with three practical-joking friends who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 21, 1940 | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

Sixty-seven years ago, when the National Rifle Association held its first tournament, sportsmen ran the show. But in 1903, when Congress recognized the N. R. A. and appropriated funds to help stage a bigger, broader tournament, the national rifle and pistol matches became the War Department's baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Gunbugs | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

In the dashes, Feldman, Trainor, and Marshall will run with Pirnie. Bob Fisher will be the leading contestant in the weight events and Ford, George Goethals, Sommers, and Rowse will enter the jumps.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING TRACKSTERS TO MEET EXETER TEAM | 5/1/1940 | See Source »

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