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The damage caused was considerable. The fierce heat cracked the window panes and blistered the woodwork. The furniture was hopelessly damaged, and the smoke stains and odor filled the whole building. As far as Lerner is concerned, however, the greatest loss is that of his new clothes and lecture notes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Blaze Calls Five Fire Engines | 3/22/1940 | See Source »

A sensational product of the waning '303 was Du Font's "nylon," an artificial silk billed as a formidable rival to natural Japanese silk. Nylon is technically described as "synthetic fibre-forming polymeric amides having a protein-like structure, produced by reacting diamines and dibasic carboxylic acids." Put...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Nylon, Vinylite | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

When World War II threatened last August, Metcalf speeded up his tempo to a frenzy. He thought he might never get another chance. Before War began Sept. 1, the Metcalfs caught the first U. S.-bound boat. As the French Government again began to remove its irreplaceable stained glass panes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Window Pains | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Last year Dr. Charlie rated the longest entry in Who's Who, but he still remained a bluff, kindly farm doctor. He spoke of tumors "large as turnips," of goiters like ears of corn shedding their husks. On his fertile farm "Mayowood" he delighted to show guests his hothouses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctor Charlie | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Before making the picture, Producer Goldwyn, a stickler for detail, landscaped 540 California acres into a Yorkshire moor. He imported eight British actors, a dialect expert to see that their accents matched, 1,000 panes of hand-blown glass for interior shots and 1,000 heather plants for outdoors. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 17, 1939 | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

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