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...Filipino U.S. Army sergeant stood guard outside the hotel room. Manuel Quezon posed for photographers, told newsmen: "When war began I said the Philippines will stand by the United States until the bitter end. Thank God the fact proves I was right." He said little more. A hacking, tuberculous cough interrupted his every word. How did he feel about Bataan and Corregidor? Manuel Quezon leaned wearily back in a deep, red chair, closed his eyes and murmured huskily: "I am proud...
...been in Mexico. But, pshaw, she was only old Peter Fahrney's granddaughter, Merry ("the Madcap"), from Chicago. Remember, she got married half a dozen times or so? Playboys and counts and barons-calls herself the Countess Cassini now. No more harm in her than in the cough syrup old Peter used to peddle. Made a lot of money, he did. Left that girl something like...
...door, with a mental prayer that none of the editors would forget to be there. They hadn't: Cleveland, Brookline, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Cincinnati and New York--what a joyous progeny of Uncle Sam! And there, hanging from the chandelier grinning inanely was Inchball, good old Feather stone cough, who never failed to wing his way from Shangri-La for this sad, glad occasion. Vag felt a sudden exuberance, even before the punch was made; he was amoosed though confoosed...
...TIME reported the indignation of James Coleman Hanrahan, peppery manager of WMPS, over what he considered a too close hookup of radio commercials with war news and national defense. Mr. Hanrahan objected that the Smith Bros. commercial said: "Here is a late important news bulletin: use Smith Bros. cough drops." The announcement actually was: "The news, presented by Smith Bros. Looking for relief-from a cough due to a cold? Get Smith Bros. cough drops. . . ." When TIME rechecked, Manager Hanrahan contended that the intention was more important than the exact wording...
...WMPS. Mr. Hanrahan had had enough guts to apologize to his listeners for two commercial plugs heard over his station in the first week of the war. One came to WMPS on NBC's Blue network and began: "Here is a late important news bulletin: use Smith Bros, cough drops. . . ." The other came on the Mutual network and began: "Use Gillette blades which last longer and thereby conserve steel for national defense...