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...Dreamer"-more Stephen Foster by Cana Loma, and well done... "No Name Jive," by Charlie Barnet, shows once again how few ideas are in this band, how noisy ... while on the contrary we elect Woody Horman to the post of "Power House King" for his "Get Your Boots Laced Poppa." If you like tremendous drive-here it is-two full sides...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 6/12/1940 | See Source »

...Poppa Grasson's Bulldogs will be particularly strong in sabre, and are likely to get a 5 to 4 win there. The Crimson's Tom Wright recently won the New England Open sabre title, while follman Ben Johnson captured the novice crown in the same weapon, but since Wright is still ineligible and Johnson will be used only in fell, that won't help much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slightly Favored Fencers Meet Bulldog Here Tonight | 3/13/1940 | See Source »

...Poppa Loeffler pined for the old country. For years his neighbors had heard him talk about going back. There were no jobs for his two strapping boys in Watertown, Wis., and Herr Hitler's own agent in Milwaukee had told him about the glorious opportunities in the new Nazi Fatherland. One fine day last spring, with 150 other Wisconsin families, the Loefflers picked up and went. The Fatherland paid all the passage money, every pfennig...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Promised Land | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...steel mill at Brandenburg, Poppa Loeffler made good money-52 Reichsmarks a week. The boys, blue-eyed Eric, 20, and Erwin, 19, made 31 Reichsmarks ($12.50) each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Promised Land | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Last week Eric and Erwin were back in Watertown and glad to be there. Poppa Loeffler, a veteran of the last war and still young enough to be called again, was still in Germany. So was Momma Loeffler. So were the other 150 Wisconsin families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Promised Land | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

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