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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After beating Johnny Palmer (3 and 2) in the P.G.A. final last week, Sam was hugely enjoying his new eminence as current king of the links. The car bringing him to the Celebrities Tournament at Washington's Army-Navy Country Club was duly escorted by motorcycle cops. As he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Case of the Borrowed Putter | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

Kaye, born in Brooklyn 36 years ago, is mobbed by adoring throngs. So many fans phone him at his Savoy suite that a special office had to be set up to handle some 52 calls an hour. His London appearance last year brought 70,000 fan letters in seven weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Traveling Salesman | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

Last week, when McCall's hit the newsstands with the first installment of Eleanor Roosevelt's memoirs (with the author's picture on the cover) Journal Co-Editor Beatrice Gould explained why she had wanted it done over. Said she: "Frankly, we felt that the memoirs were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Call from Hyde Park | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

When the Los Angeles Times launched its new afternoon tabloid, the Mirror, last October, it hit the newsstands with a dull thud. Readers were baffled by its sideways front page, annoyed by its murky newsprint and cloudy color pages, and bored by its stories. By Thanksgiving Day, circulation had slumped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Shiny Mirror | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

Before the opening day was over, a flood of selling orders (1,236,840 shares) struck the already ailing market its worst blow of the year. Out of 1,084 issues traded, 877 went down, breaking anywhere from ⅛ to 5 points. U.S. Steel sank to its lowest price in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Testing the Floor | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

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