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...arrested, "his first concrete thought [takes] the form of a triple question . . . Vichy? Gestapo? OGPU? ... He [knows] how to recognize the agents of the OGPU," for he has had enough experience with them. But this time it is the Gestapo, which wishes him to become a Russian Lord Haw-Haw. Stepanoff gathers together the tag-ends of heroism, starves himself and cuts his wrist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: End of a World | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...either very slow or breakneck speeds, so that they sound like either a foghorn or Donald Duck. On one occasion he treated his listeners to ten minutes of Bach, with interpolated comments and seal yelps. Conductor Mark Warndw, after hearing a Hawthorne show, said judiciously: "He's half haw, half thorn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Peachy-Keen | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

When World War II broke out, he was interned at Bad Nauheim along with other U.S. correspondents-but with special privileges. He refused repatriation, telling colleagues that he could serve as a mediator after Hitler won the war. Then he joined William ("Lord Haw Haw") Joyce, since hanged for treason, and the American Douglas Chandler, now appealing a life sentence for treason,* in the Nazi propaganda service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREASON: None Too Good | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (20th Century-Fox) would undoubtedly make a big hit with mules; presumably they already know what the title means (gee & haw in mulese). The leading roles in this movie are played by two of the most gorgeous, henna hay-burners that ever plodded out of a studio make-up salon. The picture may also appeal to some children; it tells how a horde of anti-mule, glue-factory-minded grownups are foiled by a pro-mule boy (Lon McCallister) and his girl (June Haver). Adult people and horses may resent the film's hee-hawed...

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

...Mayhem & Haw. In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Herman Robertson sued Clyde Hunter for $1,500 damages, declared that Hunter had bitten off his lip, and that consequently his plow mule no longer understood his directions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 19, 1948 | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

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