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...General Purpose." The prompt retorts of London and Paris were as different as the personal characters of Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Seven Years War? | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...American Farm Bureau Federation demanded prompt repeal of Neutrality Act embargo provisions, substitution of cash-&-carry basis, with profits restricted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: War Party? | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Although the British censor passed several conflicting reports on this affair (see p. 25), a later "official report" set the gossip straight. A German squadron had indeed started over Chatham. Home fighters had indeed gone up. But so prompt were they, so excited their brother gunners below, that when they returned (after scaring off the German eagles) their own guns powed them. One British pilot crashed dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Punches Held | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

...find as many as eight or ten perforations, the entire operation should not take more than 20 minutes. If he neglects the exploration, his patient is almost certain to die from hemorrhage or peritonitis. (Patients suffering from hemorrhage should have an H marked on their foreheads.to insure prompt treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: War Wounds | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

Lacerating wounds usually rip out huge chunks of a victim's body. "The only way to save the lives of most of these patients is prompt amputation." When they are partly eviscerated, as they often are, nothing much can be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: War Wounds | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

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