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...getting a divorce, and called by Hollywood columnists "The Sad Siren," Cinemactress Elizabeth Taylor found that she had lost her appetite, was tense before mealtime, and suffered after-eating aches & pains. Said her doctor: a clear case of incipient ulcers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 22, 1951 | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Married. Ruth Roman, 26, cinema siren (Champion); and Mortimer Hall, 26, who works for Los Angeles' radio station KLAC, owned by his mother, New York Post Publisher Dorothy Schiff; in Las Vegas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 25, 1950 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

Ohio's business-farm trucks, oil trucks, family sedans-buzzed by. In the town of Nevada (pop. 1,000), a mile-long Pennsylvania freight train supplied a thunderous overtone. In tiny Wharton, a siren shrieked and a fire truck rattled past the speaker, slowing down to let four of Taft's 40 listeners jump on. "Maybe it's just a Democratic plot," said Taft dryly, and went on talking. Nothing stopped him, nothing could stop him short of a bolt of lightning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OHIO: Mr. Republican v. Mr. Nobody | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

...Named for the fabled siren who sat atop the rock, clad chiefly in her golden tresses which she kept combing with a golden comb. This was calculated to distract sailors, who invariably foundered their boats on the rock and drowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: As Long as She Sings | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

Booby Trap. In Buffalo, John Sheer was arrested when he tried to drive away with a police car, pushed the siren button instead of the starter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 14, 1950 | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

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