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...last paragraph in the Oct. 8 issue of TIME told of the Pal Blade Co.'s unsuccessful search for a female barbershop quartet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 18, 1952 | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

When his old pal, Mayor Bill O'Dwyer, made him New York's first deputy fire commissioner, Moran set out with a crusader's zeal to correct one of the city's perennial rackets: the shakedown of contractors seeking permits to install oil burners and tanks. Last week, as Moran was on trial in Manhattan, charged with 23 counts of extortion, even the most exacting connoisseur of corruption had to admit that he had done an amazing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Systematic Graft | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...Post also took a critical look at Winchell's relations with "the baddies" in the underworld. Commented the Post: " 'The baddies' have staked their newsboy pal to some pretty good beats," such as the surrender of Killer Lepke to Winchell on Aug. 24, 1939, and the murder of Mad Dog Coll. During the Kefauver hearings, Winchell ran a column of anecdotes in which he "remembered all sorts of things about Frank Costello-all nice," and followed it up later with an exclusive interview picturing him "as an authority on how to stamp out crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Biggest Success Story | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

Shortly starred in Ned Buntline's Wild West show, Bill Cody became a promoter's dream. Unlike his roughhewn pal, "Wild Bill" Hickock, Cody never "spat the liquid on the stage" in whisky-drinking acts, never barked, "Any damn fool would know that was cold tea." He usually muffed, but never scorned such lines as: "Fear not, fair maid; by heavens, you are safe at last with Buffalo Bill, who is ever ready to risk, life and die if need be in the defense of weak and helpless womanhood." Then he stood blushing on the stage, "handsome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Buffalo Bill's Mentor | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

...Kelly to fame and filmdom-seems more squirt than heel. But he sings well, dances brilliantly, has a personality of his own. As Joey's benefactress, Vivienne Segal once again plays and sings with extraordinary ease, finish and charm. Mingling ugly facts with lovely tunes and abundant travesty, Pal Joey is a 20th century Beggar's Opera, which may conceivably be revived when South Pacific and the lost Atlantis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Musical in Manhattan | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

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