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>Of Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe-Waldenbourg-Schillingfurst, confidante of Captain Fritz Wiedemann, Nazi consul general in San Francisco, who was ordered deported last March for overstaying her visitor's leave, Attorney General Jackson said, "We feel better-natured about her." Reason: she had given the Government "some very interesting information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALIENS: Robert Jackson's Busy Week | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

Gary Cooper is excellent as the guileless tramp, though by now the role of a good-natured, honest, lovable fellow from the sticks must be getting a little tiring for him. Barbara Stanwyck imitates the movie conception of a woman reporter to perfection, even though in the end she has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 5/15/1941 | See Source »

There is nothing prophetic about Toward a Philosophy of History. Written mostly during Ortega's exile after the fall of Loyalist Spain, this book, like much of his writing, jumbles acute discernments about politics, society, people, side by side with kittenish comment, mental gymnasties, clever stories. The writing is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lectures, Not Too Serious | 4/7/1941 | See Source »

Anxious not to capitalize on his son's reputation, Papa Hiler treated his late entrance into the art world with good-natured deprecation. Said he: "There is no message in my pictures. . . . No one ever taught me anything about painting. I never had any intention of becoming an artist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Papa Hiler | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

Bill Martin became first paid president of the Stock Exchange after the Richard Whitney scandal, when Wall Street's Old Guard had given way to its Young Turks. New Dealish, optimistic, they rallied behind Newcomer Martin in a campaign to re-establish the Exchange's good name. Bachelor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exit Boy Wonder | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

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