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...brother of the head of Monogram Pictures) makes Wild Bill Hickok films for TV, and turns out a 30-minute religious show with such titles as Sister Martha Bets 'Em Big. Bing Crosby Enterprises hopes to captivate televiewers with a new series featuring a cast of chimpanzees enacting Sherlock Holmes thrillers...
Reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes, who once nabbed a murderer with the victim's ear as his only clue, the department substitutes microscopes and test tubes for guns and tear gas to do its work. In over 500 cases a year, it proves that science is smarter than the most diabolical murderer...
...Sherlock Holmes lived at "221b" Baker Street [TIME, June 11]? NEVER, NEVER, NEVER...
...your reference to my father in that issue? You state that he commenced his psychic inquiries in 1919. Actually, he began his investigations in 1884; it was not until 1916 that he received evidence of survival after death of such irrefutable quality as to finally satisfy even his Sherlock Holmes's brain...
Insistence on the Sole. In its first temporary quarters (a rented mansion), the Pennsylvania Hospital reflected the informality of the times. Its first patient, Margaret Sherlock, was cured after 16 days, stayed on as a nurse. Dr. Bond lost no time in bringing apprentices into the hospital, "to follow the practice of the house and to assist the physicians." Also, because weather was supposed to have a direct bearing on disease, Bond started keeping weather records. Franklin was the hospital's first secretary, second president. To encourage regular attendance at meetings of the twelve-man board of managers...