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...Massachusetts' handsome Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill (just back from visiting U.S. military posts in the Aleutians) seemed a little worried. He feared that Presbyterians might think they heard the loud slamming of a door. He hoped that Bishop Oldham's resolution meant that Episcopalians "feel there are some prospects of such unity." Bishop Manning agreed. When the votes were counted Bishop Manning had won. Unity was as far away as ever. Said one Bishop to another in a stage whisper: "I hope we don't look too much like the cat that swallowed the canary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Episcopalians | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

General Dwight Eisenhower made a visitor from Washington feel at home. When front-inspecting Navy Secretary Frank Knox turned up at a Mediterranean airport, the General turned up with a Fala by the name of Telek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Generals | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

...right, was shoring up his administration with businessmen and conservatives, such as he had available. Although the views of Messrs. Harriman & Stettinius are more New Dealish than those of most U.S. industrialists, the President in 1944 will be able to point to them, as well as to Businessmen Frank Knox, Jesse Jones, Leo Crowley, James V. Forrestal, Bernard Baruch, Donald Nelson, Chester Bowles, Robert A. Lovett, as representatives in the administration of the business viewpoint. (To Conservatives he can point out Cordell Hull, Henry L. Stimson, the Southern Democrats-and he can always manage to get rid of New Dealers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clearing the Decks | 10/4/1943 | See Source »

Miss Mason was followed by Ed Andersen's other guest, Miss Dorothy Knox, whose songs were personalized in a way that proved her to be a good...

Author: By Ens. R. D. semple, | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 9/28/1943 | See Source »

...Frank Knox, asked in London his opinion on the 1944 election, declared: "I used to be a Republican, but I took the veil, and I intend to keep the veil until the war is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Sep. 27, 1943 | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

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