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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Union Oil Co. of California took to television (in nine cities) to tell stockholders and the general public about its operations, explain the company's annual financial report (see BUSINESS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Busy Air, Apr. 26, 1948 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...stray $500,000. During the film, at least three well-paid players die for the purpose of bringing Alan and Veronica together. It seems a shocking waste of life until, doubtless referring to all the money Saigon is sure to make at the box office, Paramount has Veronica explain: "All this happened because it had to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Apr. 26, 1948 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...sign has been hung in Cambridge this year as one result of the lack of a mayor, for his signature is needed on every permit for a new bill-board or shingle. "No mayor, no sign," exasperated storekeepers explain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appointed Mayor May Halt City's Election Comedy | 4/24/1948 | See Source »

...City Manager, however, denied that he was trying to "lay down the law to the University," adding that he had always been "on very friendly terms with its officers." He went on to explain that his demand for a prompt answer, was delivered "not as an ultimatum, but as a request...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge May Seize Botanical Garden Site | 4/20/1948 | See Source »

...that there was more to the whole business than met the eye. Lewis was anxious to get out of a legal box. So far, he had disregarded a court order to send his miners back to work. He was due to appear before Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough and explain why he should not be held in contempt. Goldsborough was the man who, a year ago, had slapped him and his union with a $3,510,000 fine (later reduced to $710,000) for being in contempt in a similar case. There was a suspicion also that Lewis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Why Shouldn't I? | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

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