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...Robin Moor's mate clambered aboard, met her captain waiting on the deck. Said the German, "Where are your papers?" The mate said: "You didn't ask me to bring them." Then the two officers disappeared down the hatch. Ten minutes later the mate was back. Said he: "They're going to let us have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: On the High Seas | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

Later, at a soiree, she discovers that her shelter mate is the guest of honor. Their hostess (Billie Burke) is a giddy lady who believes that "into the life of every English girl a little American should fall." Not in sympathy with that credo, Miss Carroll scampers home, gets into bed, puts on her gas mask and ponders whether the right man could see through its ugliness into her soul. As if to find out, she crawls on all fours to a wall mirror and barks at herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 16, 1941 | 6/16/1941 | See Source »

...took to the jungle with a band that soon grew to 30 or 40 members. Objects of his wrath were the brokers and big companies, who not only dictated sales prices but sometimes charged as much as 30% interest on loans. Sweeping out of the jungle in organized forays, Mate Cosido* and his well-armed men have staged at least seven big holdups, netting over 90,000 pesos ($21,420). He distributes the loot among the neediest farmers and pickers, thereby assuring himself concealment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Hitler in the Jungle | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...Authorities differ on the spelling and significance of Peralta's nickname. Spelled Mate Cocido, it means brewed yerba mate, a native tea, on which the bandit lived during a prison term. Spelled Mate Cosido, it refers to a wound Peralta got in a brush with police, means, in slang, Sutured Conk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Hitler in the Jungle | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...Edmunds will center the midfield. On one side will be Wally Fenn, one of the two Juniors on the team, with a scoring record of three goals. His wing mate is Bill Rand, the only Sophomore starter...

Author: By Jay KAY Lazrus, | Title: Stickmen Look For Second Win of Year Against Big Green Team This Afternoon | 5/13/1941 | See Source »

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