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...Mae West sailed off to London with a classy new ensemble encasing her old one. Her mission: to let Britons in on Diamond Lit, 19 years after its appearance on Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: In & Out | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

They were the only survivors. In the floating wreckage, dotted with empty Mae Wests, abandoned flight jackets and gaudy, souvenir kimonos, five bodies were recovered, a sixth sank just as the Hermes came alongside. George Atcheson was among the four passengers and crewmen still missing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: It Can't Be Helped | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...took off in the converted Douglas A26 bomber from Chicago's Douglas Airport at 12:53 p.m. E.S.T. Thursday. With him was that piece of Winnie Mae's fabric. Soon he was in rough weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Towhead's Ambition | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

...Tokyo (13,345 miles), Odom snatched a few minutes' sleep on one of the Bombshell's wings. At Anchorage (16,745 miles), a mechanic caught him napping, standing up. There he pinned his cherished piece of Winnie Mae's covering to a wreath and left it as a memorial to his boyhood hero, Wiley Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Towhead's Ambition | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

...bone-rattling roar, seven low-slung speedboats charged down Long Island's Jamaica Bay to start the first of three 30-mile heats in the International Gold Cup race. Most eyes were on 45-year-old Bandleader Guy Lombardo, the defending champion, half obscured by his helmet and Mae West as he hunched in the cockpit of his 600-h.p., red-gold-&mahogany Tempo VI. More than a famous name and expensive pressagentry made Lombardo the favorite. Other speedboat drivers had to admit that he was "a hot chauffeur" with a well-balanced boat that should have plenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Casually Course | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

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