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...make this recording, NBC men brought four Commandomen to their Manhattan studios and recorded ad lib interviews on their experiences. Then NBC arranged for a speech by Commando Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten. The records were skillfully woven into a composite half-hour interview...
Having already cleared Aluminum Co. of America of maintaining an illegal monopoly (TIME, Oct. 13), Federal Judge Francis Gordon Caffey last week wiped Alcoa's slate clean of the other Government charges of conspiracy and miscellaneous misconduct. With his marathon ad lib decision completed-it took him ten days to dictate it in open court, covered 680 pages -the longest (April 1937 to last week) lawsuit in U.S. history was over. The 72-year-old judge swiftly left Manhattan for a six-week vacation in Maine...
Judge Caffey does not write his decisions, prefers to ad lib them from the bench. With an occasional glance at his foolscap notes, he spoke for five days in a row last week, had another four or five days to go. His high-pitched emphases and muttered diminuendos even included instructions to the stenographers: "period, paragraph . . . quote, parenthesis . . . unquote." His whole audience was fascinated by his virtuoso command of the case. But only the Alcoa men were pleased...
...replacement for billowing Mary Margaret, Early Bird Godfrey will provide a drastic change of fare. His voice is wheezy, his manner tough, and he is addicted to spoofing his sponsors. During his rambling ad lib discussions on life, love, flying or coal mining, he frequently salutes his supporters with such outbursts as: "Well, well, Zlotnick the Furrier. Go down and kick old Zlotnick in the shins. Kick him once...
Soon booming away with ad lib gags, Broadcaster Godfrey was frightened in 1934 when NBC, with a lot of ballyhoo, announced a rival morning show. He decided to broadcast all night before his rival took to the air, on the theory that people would tune in on him in the morning just to see if he were still there. They...