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...sometimes as narrow as his collar. He did not like the idea of female bobbies. In 1922 he cunningly waved away poisoned éclairs sent to him by mail, soon afterwards mistook some arsenious chocolate creams for an expected gift. He recovered-and succeeded in tracking down the insane sender of both sweets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 29, 1943 | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

...American as corn. Captain Andre Baruch, announcer (once of NBC and CBS), opened with: "Well, let's see what's cooking at Oudjda." Oudjda (pronounced ooj-dah'), which is in Morocco, came in: "Greetings, gang! This is Sergeant Dick Weston, the old Musical Message Sender in Oudjda, getting ready to read those requests and deliver with the music." A pair of privates wanted a Bea Wain recording of God Bless the Child for some of their buddies "now in parts unknown." They got it. A sergeant requested Tommy Dorsey's Blue Blazes for another sergeant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Sidewalks of North Africa | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

Brining Diosa Costello to the last NTS the new Naval group at the school, as they held their first little private party last night, with songs and skits by the S-O's and a pair of girls, who "tap dance" was a "sender" according...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Navy School Class Holds Private Smoker | 11/20/1942 | See Source »

...Sample drum names: "Even if you dress up finely, love is the only thing"; "The giant wood rat has no child, the house rat has no child"; "You'll die of witchcraft at midnight." Messages are addressed simply by tapping out the recipient's drum name. The sender's drum name follows, then the message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Drum Telegraphy | 9/21/1942 | See Source »

...addressed it to her, and then filled out the rest of the envelope according to regulations,--sender's name, rate, and address in upper left, and "FREE" in upper right...

Author: By J. P. L. ., | Title: THE VAGABOND | 5/27/1942 | See Source »

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