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Thomas E. Dewey nearly had a skeleton staff when a speedboat capsized on New York's Lake Mahopac. Briefly into the drink: the governor's executive secretary and the secretary to the governor's secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Fundamentals | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

Married. Sir Malcolm Campbell, 60, onetime automobile speed king, still the world's fastest speedboat racer (141.74 m.p.h.); and Betty Humphery Nickory, 38, blonde British yachting enthusiast; both for the second time; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 3, 1945 | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

Elizabeth speaks French and German, can drive a motorcar or a speedboat, swims expertly. Like other Britons, she gets 44 clothing-ration coupons a year (about enough for one outfit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Almost Queen | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

...That a sergeant who was in on the fixing acquired a new car and speedboat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Scandal at Selfridge | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

...Jack Benny's old violin (TIME, March 8), bought at auction the autographed galley proofs of Wendell Willkie's new book, One World, for $100,000. A Detroit policeman, making house-to-house calls, came away from one home with a $100,000 subscription. The home owner: Speedboat Manufacturer Gar Wood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Attack! | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

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