Word: ropers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With its front page still carrying stories about the Greenlease kidnaping case (TIME, Oct. 12 et seq.), the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last week printed a brief announcement on its comic page in place of two popular comic strips: "The Buz Sawyer and Steve Roper serial strips have been omitted. They will not be restored until after the kidnaping episodes in both strips, which may be offensive to many readers at this time . . ." After the announcement appeared, the paper was flooded with letters, many approving the P-D's move. But other readers were just as strong against dropping...
...hour "Sunday newspaper of the air." Its 15-minute "pages" cover everything from world news to criticism of the arts, call in some well-known name droppers. Tex McCrary interviews celebrities, and Jinx runs a woman's page, Mel Allen talks sports, Elmo Roper talks trends, Florabel Muir (see PRESS) gushes from Hollywood, Earl Wilson gives Broadway lowdown. Weekend is almost overwhelming in its volume and variety, but a generally relaxed manner and skillful transitions make it well worth hearing...
Hitler's Secret Conversations, by Adolf Hitler (introduced by British Historian H. R. Trevor-Roper). The Führer's unguarded, all-night talk fests, taken down in shorthand by party associates, give an excellent insight into a weird and fascinating mind (TIME...
Hitler's Secret Conversations, by Adolf Hitler (introduced by British Historian H. R. Trevor-Roper). The Fuhrer's unguarded, all-night talkfests, taken down in shorthand by party associates, give an excellent insight into a weird and fascinating mind (TIME...
Hitler's Secret Conversations, by Adolf Hitler (introduced by British Historian H. R. Trevor-Roper). The Führer's unguarded, all-night talkfests, taken down in shorthand by party associates, give an excellent insight into a weird and fascinating mind (TIME...