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There were rumblings of mutiny below decks, and up on the bridge the skipper heard them. Joe Curran, strapping (6 ft. 2) president of the salty, swashbuckling National Maritime Union, wanted to keelhaul a few of the hands who had first boosted him up from the fo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Water in the Bilge | 3/25/1946 | See Source »

...this, while triple-tonguing his "de-geet gat giddle," Kaye mimicked an inductee pleading for deferment because of bad ears, flat feet, ulcers, decayed teeth; took him into training with a few key words like "Shad-ap!" (indicating a tough top sergeant) or "hut, tut, t'ree, fo" (for long marches). But mostly it was all "riddle-de biddle, de reep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Git Gat Gittle | 3/11/1946 | See Source »

...Scholarly, liberal Dr. Sun Fo, 54, son of the great Sun Yat-sen and President of the Legislative Yuan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Stature | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

Over Yenan, which had hitherto loudly denied any official contact with Moscow, circled Soviet transport planes. To the capital of China's Communists they brought cargoes of medical supplies, two Russian doctors and a tall, youthful Chinese, Mao Yung-fo, second son of Communist Chairman Mao Tse-tung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mao's Family | 2/11/1946 | See Source »

Next day scholarly Dr. Sun Fo, president of the Legislative Yuan, made public the Government's plan for broadening its base. The State Council would be revived to become the top governing body. Non-Kuomintang members would be given seats; in effect, the Council would be a coalition, with the Kuomintang holding a dominant position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Truce | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

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