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Last week a commission accountant and an engineer busily tried to make something out of the telephone company's books. Meanwhile, they had encountered a very rugged character named James Franklin ("Frank") Dees, proprietor of the firm. Aged 60, weighing 200 pounds, his muscular physique topped off by iron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Dees Goes to Town | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

Until 1938, serious, civic-minded WNYC had no time for comedy. But that January, New York City's new City Council replaced its old Board of Aldermen, and WNYC moved in to broadcast the sessions. In no time this unique program had an estimated 750,000 listeners. East Side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Broth Spoiled | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

Joe Louis is, of course, a Negro but not a darky. I expect Mr. Louis would much rather be dubbed "nigger," than darky. The word "nigger" dees mean something; darky is nothing at all. . . My dear father was at Shiloh with General Grant April 6-7, 1862.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 1, 1938 | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

Born in Turkey, of Greek and Armenian parents, Albert Isaac Bezzerides reached the U. S. when he was nine months old, grew up on his father's farm near Fresno, was a champion quarter-miler in high school. Unable to pronounce his name ("Buzz-air-uh-dees"), his schoolmates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hell on Wheels | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

Dr. Colston's discovery of gonorrhea's simplest treatment is the result of a vast medical centre functioning ideally. Several months ago Johns Hopkins' Dr. Perrin Long heard of London experiments with Prontylin. sped there for first-hand investigation, sped back to Johns Hopkins for experiments on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Prontylin for Gonorrhea | 5/17/1937 | See Source »

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