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...they were in, Mr. James gave them arm bands, had them buy red shirts, and revealed to them the deeper aim of the organization: founding a totalitarian, one-party state in which Catholics would have no part. Pamphlets were publicly distributed, for example, in which James railed against "this Mick pestilence" and said, "Rome, the Italian International, must pack up its baggage and go." But privately, James went even farther; at a recent meeting he told Lyford that when his Yankee totalitarianism is established, "there won't be any Catholics". In his platform, James left an absurdly obvious loophole: "Freedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOMESPUN HITLER | 2/15/1940 | See Source »

Hamtramck (pronounced Ham-tram-mick) is Detroit's tenderloin for foreign immigrants. It got its municipal charter in 1922 and is today Michigan's seventh city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Hellzapoppin | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

Scrammy & Mick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 26, 1937 | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

...original cat that inhabited the old Toronto Stock Exchange was a tabby named Scrammy. From 1929 to 1934 she kittened twice, presaging two mining stock booms. Scrammy disappeared and was replaced a year ago by a tomcat named Mick, who so far has manifested no oracular qualities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 26, 1937 | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

...given a free hand in selecting stories and casts, an actor's vanity is sure to lead him astray. Great Guy is vintage Cagney, exhibiting him at all the shoulder-punching and sotto voce wisecracking on which was founded his reputation as the cinema's No. i mick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 11, 1937 | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

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