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After 50 hours of vain efforts to get his ship off the Goodwins, Captain Ruocco sorrowfully went ashore with his crew of 28, two German stowaways and an Alsatian pup. Later he came back to the ship, hoping to jettison the heavy lead cargo. Tide and weather thwarted him. Sturdy little Dover tugs buzzed about the Silvia Onorato, greedy for salvage. But at week's end, the insatiable Goodwins* still held their prize. Said a lifeboat man with a touch of local pride: "I think the Goodwins got her for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Low Island | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...traditional lighting of a community tree. Christmas afternoon, he trudged out to the White House garage to shake hands with all the chauffeurs. He drove to the Navy's Bethesda Hospital and the Army's Walter Reed Hospital to greet disabled veterans. He received a cocker spaniel pup named Feller, the first presidential dog at the White House since the Roosevelt Scottie, Fala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: 6575 on Your Dial | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...arousing 28 people to the danger of gas fumes in a Brooklyn apartment house, Sparky, a mongrel pup, and Mickey, a run-of-the-litter cat, received the John Haines "distinguished service" medals from the A.S.P.C.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Dec. 8, 1947 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...Bulldog pup Chuck Shaugnessey dominated the Freshman field a couple of hundred yards away, as he led his mates to the 2 to 1 triumph. Joe Wogan scored the sole tally for the Crimson as the Freshman booters broke a five game winning streak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvees, Freshmen Nudge Over Eli; Booter Outfits Held to Slim Defeat | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

Last week, with the Michaelmas term at Shawnigan Lake under way, Christopher Lonsdale patted his German Shepherd Judy and pointed a moral: "If I had let Judy run wild and do as she damn wefl pleased as a pup, she'd be a vicious, savage beast today. You can't develop leaders by letting them do as they damn please when they're boys. If nothing else, we're training boys to be less obnoxious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Happiness & a Hickory Stick | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

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