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Blazes. In Tacoma, an electrical bed-shaking apparatus rigged up by Emmanuel Schrader to wake him at the right time started shaking at the wrong time, went on shaking till it short-circuited, burned the house down. In Dandridge, Tenn., lightning struck Hugh Hunter's cow barn, set it afire, traveled along a pipe to a water tank on a nearby hill, ripped the tank open, let out a stream of water that ran down the hill and put out the fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 26, 1943 | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

...voice is dubbed in) married to Adolphe Menjou. Clothed in sumptuous black & white, Pola is as vivacious and comely in comedy as she was as a glamor girl. Slapstick permits her to be as violent as ever. When her accompanist in the picture accuses her of "bellowing like a cow," the temperamental tigress fetches him a slap in the puss. When somebody urges her not to become violent over Cinemactor Menjou's alleged infidelities, she cries: "Violent! I'll show you how to be violent"-and launches into an aria from Tannhäuser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Jul. 26, 1943 | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

They don't need no band, They keep time by clapping their hand, Just as happy as a cow chewing on a cud, When the darkies beat their feet On the Mississippi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Rhythm Boys | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

...like it here. We have a cow which is part Brown Swiss, a sow soon to farrow, and chickens. Every year we can between 400 and 500 quarts of foodstuff - if we have several extra chickens we 'pop' them into cans. Perhaps you have heard of Wendell Willkie. He is a friendly man. Some time ago the Salvation Army captain asked my husband to collect some salvage at the home of Mrs. Wilk, mother-in-law of Willkie. That evening my husband rang the doorbell. Mr. Willkie answered it. He is very friendly. He was visiting there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Dear Red ... | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

What is the gestation period of a cow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 31, 1943 | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

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