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Last week 24-year-old Charles Thomas, of Detroit, Mich., onetime metal pourer and molder at Ford, now a captain, became the first living Negro to get the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II. The only other Negro to get the D.S.C. in this war: Private George Watson, who gave his life helping men to safety from a sinking boat off New Guinea two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Report on a Hero | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

Tall, handsome, fiftyish, with a weakness for dizzy hats, Hedda is rated less inaccurate than most of the gossips, in a notoriously inaccurate field. An impetuous pourer-out, she seldom goes through a show without muffing words, mixing up names. Typical blunder last week was an item praising Jack Dempsey, which she gaffed into a plug for Jack Benny. Leaving the studio, she usually remarks, "Boy, I sure kicked that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Louella's Rival | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

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