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President Sam Breadon $200,000 for Medwick. Breadon h-mmmm-phed. Last year, when he repeated his offer, Breadon h-mmmm-phed again. Last week, with the Cardinals in seventh place and hopelessly out of the running, Breadon finally surrendered. To Brooklyn went Medwick (and 33-year-old Pitcher Curt Davis, who has failed to win a game this year*) in exchange for four Dodgers and a bagful of cash, the contents of which remained undisclosed-other than it was more than the $185,000 the Cardinals received for Dizzy Dean two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flag Day | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

Republic Aviation is proud of its share in this and regrets that TIME, while curt and clear, was incomplete in reporting the record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 6, 1940 | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

Acting Chairman Starnes, banging his gavel, choked: "We don't want this record cluttered up either with praise or condemnation." finally released the Silvershirt leader with the curt statement: "The Committee is through with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Fish Fry | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...finest private libraries of German literature, including more than 7,000 volumes from the great periods of the 15th through the 19th centuries, has been received by the University, on loan for a number of years from Dr. Curt von Faber du Faur, of Cambridge, who recently came to this country from Italy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GERMANIC MUSEUM TO GET LOAN OF LIBRARY | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

What a thrillingly "curt" reference to a unique biological phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 29, 1940 | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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