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> There was some split second tunesmithing. In Hollywood, a few hours after the news from Pearl Harbor, Composer Lew Pollack and Lyricist Ned Washington produced a number which Comedian Bert Wheeler sang that night at Ciro's: Oh, we didn't want to do it, but they'...
Although times were kept strictly confidential, Captain Bob Houghton and Fred Phinney looked particularly impressive in leading their respective heats in the three-quarter mile trails, while Bill Palson loped his eight laps in effortless style to finish with a less impressive time. To redeem himself, the smooth-striding star...
In the fall of 1939 Japanese silk suffered another blow when Du Pont introduced Nylon, whose elasticity threatened silk's enduring hold on the U.S. hosiery trade. Last summer, in spite of technology and economics. Japan's silk trade with the U.S. was still lively. Then it bumped...
For the second successive year, Massachusetts' lantern-jawed Governor Leverett Saltonstall outskated lantern-jawed Quizman John Kieran in two grueling races (one a dash, the other an "endurance race" of two laps) at Boston's Country Club. Back at the State House, the Governor remarked easily, when Elevator...
Last week the deranged festival called Hellzapoppin (TIME, Oct. 3, 1938) had passed its 1,009th performance. More than 2,000,000 people have seen Hellzapoppin, paid $3,450,000 for the privilege. During its lunatic history 3,000 panes of glass have been shattered (the noise accompanies the waggling...