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Himmler is the creator and chief of the SS (the Schutzstaffel, or black-uniformed "Elite Guard"), as well as the infamous secret police, the Gestapo. He is also Reich Minister of the Interior, and Reich Minister of Home Defense. The Volkssturm and the Volksgrenadiere (TIME, Dec. 25) are his creations, and their members are under his control until committed to action. Although Goebbels holds the imposing title of Reich Plenipotentiary for the Total War Effort, in that role the little man is simply Himmler's assistant, a sort of glorified collector of old clothes, hardware and bric-a-brac...
Milt Caniff, erstwhile creator of Flip Corkin, Terry, Pat, and the heralded Dragon Lady, may not realize the effect his oriental strip is having on the lives of many Chase luminaries. "Pass me my third Collins while I pass out" Smith (J.E. the folks call him) searched relentlessly up and down the corridor Saturday last but could not find "the lady." He did, however, find a tattered skivvie shirt sworn by him to be the property of "Hotshot Charlie...
Died. Gilbert Patten ("Burt L. Standish"), 78, author-creator of famed fictional Hero Frank Merriwell, whose 1,236 marvelous paperbacked adventures thrilled millions of American boys at the turn of the century; of a heart attack; in Vista, Calif. Working on a salary (highest: $150 a week) for Publishers Street & Smith, Standish never received a royalty payment from the sale of 125,000,000 copies of his best-selling 5? thrillers...
...born on the drawing board of a young New Englander, Charles Dana Gibson, and she made her creator the most influential illustrator of his day. He once explained how it happened: "I was young and healthy, and the one thing that's worth drawing when you're young and healthy is a woman. You can't spend all day with fruit and flowers...
...weaknesses, separates itself from his creative achievements. Not always or forever does the genius completely fill the frame of his creation. Frequently it happens that the great work of a genius continues to develop, of its own vitality and according to its own laws, while the ego of its creator collapses and degenerates. In other words, the creation of the genius has become independent of himself and his earthly personality...