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...Jeff Dakin (George Montgomery) crashes over Germany until he arrives safely back in Eng land, the plot never stops boiling. When the captain escapes from the prison camp, with an alleged Czech prisoner (Kent Taylor) and a most unlikely-looking Russian Army doctor (Annabella), the trio hitch hike to Frankfort in no less an oddity than a truck full of coffins. When the Czech turns out to be a German spy, Doctor Annabella quite naturally snoots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Aug. 16, 1943 | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

Incubation. Releasing Harvey McKinney from a year's jail term for the theft of a hen and her eggs, the Court of Appeals in Frankfort, Ky. ruled that it was a misdemeanor but no felony, that the lower court "did . . . count chickens before they hatched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 24, 1943 | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

Striking is old stuff to the tough, hardened, cough-ridden miners of "dark and bloody" southern Illinois. But this time, when the deadline came on Friday night, it was different. In the bars of West Frankfort, among the men from Orient No. 2 (world's largest producer of soft coal) and Old Ben, there was an undercurrent of uneasiness; many had the shadow of a feeling of shame. The men were solidly behind Old John L., they would do what he said, all right. But their hearts were troubled; it took only a few beers to reveal a slightly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: John Lewis & the Flag | 5/10/1943 | See Source »

Kitchy. In Frankfort, Ky., a divorce was awarded to Charles R. Barnett, who charged that his wife had refused to kiss him because his mustache tickled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 1, 1943 | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

...Plea. In Frankfort, Ind., a motorist wrote to the License Bureau, confessed he had lied on his application in saying that he had had a license before, begged: "I am going to leave this old world one of these days and I want the License Bureau of Frankfort and everyone in the State of Indiana to forgive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 15, 1941 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

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