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Florida Peach. Nothing in Frances Langford's 29 years prepared her for her sweetheart role. Daughter of a Lakeland, Fla., building contractor and a concert pianist, she wanted to be an opera singer but not enough − the formalities bored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: G.I. Nightingale | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

Completed articles will be paid for by the Government at contract prices. Money due on unfinished work may be settled by agreement between the contractor and contracting official. Settlements may contain a "reasonable allowance for profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Step | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...that problem Baruch and Hancock are now training their artillery. They hope to work out a plan to let the contractor shunt the equipment out immediately after his contracts are canceled. He may store it at his own risk. Other such knotty problems will be taken up in the same step-by-step fashion. The step that had been taken to unwind the U.S. war machine was a small step-but the important fact was that it had been taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Step | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...role of watchdog of the war effort, Missouri's able Senator Harry Truman has growled warnings to many a harried war contractor who was not coming up to the expectations of Goodman Truman and his Investigating Committee. Last week his Committee gave some short, sharp barks that should delight these same contractors. Subject: reconversion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECONVERSION: Plain Talk | 11/15/1943 | See Source »

...sides were made--"Sugar" and "China Boy"--and the record was released under the name of McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans. William the Red McKenzie acted as contractor and Albert Condon played his 4-cable banjo as only Edward Condon can play it. This was easy for him, as Albert is Edward and Edward is Albert, except to his friends, who know him as Eddie...

Author: By S/sgt GEORGE Avaklan, | Title: JAZZ, ETC. | 11/9/1943 | See Source »

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