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Dates: during 1940-1949
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It seemed an open & shut case. A 205-Ib. barkeeper named Jim Comber, half seas over from a night of drinking, had brawled with a drunken companion on a Philadelphia street. The friend staggered and fell; witnesses hurrying to work at dawn saw Jim Comber kick him repeatedly in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOM'EN: Darkness in Philadelphia | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Hardly was the conflict over the Catholic unions settled when a new fight broke out-about the site of the new organization's headquarters. The T.U.C.'s Arthur Deakin fought for London. Some Americans favored almost any place but London. The squabble was a reflection of a deeper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Free Labor | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

The most respected cat in all Britain was a small, black, white-bibbed torn named Simon. As ship's cat on board the sloop H.M.S. Amethyst on her heroic voyage down China's Yangtze River last spring (TIME, May 2), Simon got his white whiskers singed by a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In Honored Memory | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

At this point, Perón, who had entered the room wearing his usual broad smile, had tears streaming down his cheeks.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: A Man's Reputation | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

On the surface, at least, this was a signal honor and there was no practical way to refuse. Saadi quit as senator, was easily elected governor, then settled down to build his personal following in remote Catamarca. Presently he learned that Catamarca was perhaps not quite remote enough. From the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Quicker Deal | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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