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...Hollywood Oboler was described as "all the Dead End Kids put together." He badgered Escape's Director Mervyn Le Roy endlessly about studio technique, until Le Roy finally told him to watch through a camera finder and he would demonstrate a storm scene. As soon as Oboler had his eye glued to the finder, Le Roy cued technicians to drench him with cinema rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Busy Wunderkind | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...student earned the large sum by working summer and fall. It was all he had. If the finder of the money does have a conscience, he can ease it by turning in the money, no questions asked, to the CRIMSON office. It will mean the band-member can graduate this spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BAND-MEMBER LOSES MONEY, MAY LOSE HIS DEGREE TOO | 11/29/1940 | See Source »

...three foundations soon gave him a boat, sails, oils, wines, a surgical kit, heraldic designs and flags. When he sailed this week in his Capitana (named for the flagship of Columbus' third voyage), he had a few items that Columbus lacked: an auxiliary Diesel engine, a direction finder, a two-way radio set. Professor Morison headed for the Azores, where a second Harvard sailboat will join the expedition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: After Columbus | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

Suspecting more than water in the sender's room, the radio agencies ashore reported the whole business to the Federal Communications Commission, which got on the job late, but with the meagre direction finder information available, at week's end had narrowed down its search for the S O S sender to the vicinity of Tampa Bay. Possible penalty: $10,000 fine, two years in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: S O Stinks | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

...Western World of Bandon, Ore. appeared a notice: "Lost-At Port Orford beach, a hunk of right thumb with small piece of thumb nail attached. Finder please notify Ruth Tucker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 24, 1939 | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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