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George Trudeau and his orchestra will play in the hall which will be decorated in a naval motif. The House Committee has announced with pride that the services of a female vocalist have been accured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admiral Gygax Attends Navy Dance Tonight | 1/26/1945 | See Source »

...keeping with the Hollywood motif, Barker's has a lobby which is a replica of a Moorish palace. Customers are seined in by a sales dragnet formed of all Barker employes (even janitors get commissions). They are further tracked down by means of a 15-ft. map of the city on which pins show new homeowners; other variously colored pins mark every major purchase at Barker's (gold if Barker's furnishes everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Los Angeles Spirit | 1/1/1945 | See Source »

...motif of that pattern was on the point of being repeated again last week, the same motif repeated often before. It is a simple motif: strike a staggering blow, exploit it while the German army reels; then, as the enemy begins to recover, repeat the same thing at another point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE WAR: The Campaign of 1944 | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

...Hallowe'en motif was used for decorating the building and the wives and husbands provided entertainment for the affair. Mrs. Charles Van Voorhis sang several numbers to the accompaniment of planist Ens. Hubert Donaldson; a 12-year-old girl, Elaine Burke, performed tap and acrobatic dancing numbers; and a musical trio was accompanied by 1/c Yeoman Howard Locke. It included Mrs. Ben Hardy, Mrs. Earl Canfield and Mrs. Lee Mills. Ens. Jack Reichart was master of ceremonies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150 NTS MEN AND WIVES HOLD PARTY | 10/22/1943 | See Source »

Boss of A.F.H.Q., under Eisenhower, is U.S. Major General Walter Bedell ("Beedle") Smith, who is a recurrent motif throughout the complexity of Eisenhower's staff organization. Said a British officer: "All this would not be possible without Ike and Beedle." Stocky "Beedle" Smith used to train bird dogs and hunt quail with General Marshall in Virginia; in North Africa he keeps a cocker spaniel and a Virginia orderly, Sergeant Sam Carter, to remind him of happier times. He is the production manager of the Allied war machine. While his chief is on high with the plotters and the planners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ITALY: Ike's Way | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

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