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Harry Newman tried his best to steal the show. He joined in with the chorus and sang most lustily until an alto in the chorus gave him a dirty look and he shut up. He blushes prettily now when referred to as "The Singing Soldier...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Local Opera Super's Fancy Footwork Produces Startling Lighting Effects | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

...Nothing. In Olean, N.Y., Patrolman George Forrest asked a prowler what he was doing. Said the prowler innocently: "Nothing. Just trying to steal some wood and iron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...trouble is that the Army is growing faster than its supply of trained cooks. Experienced chefs are rated high by commanding officers, who frequently try to steal each other's cooks. One former Colony Club man is now serving under a general who borrowed him and then refused to return him. Graduates from Army cooking schools also rate high. Each Corps Area has its own schools, which are turning out hundreds of cooks and bakers a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Good Soup, Good Meat | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

Last week in Louisville, Joseph P. Wiegers, son-in-law of Bernarr Macfadden and Macfadden Publications chief of promotion-publicity was indicted for criminal conspiracy on charges of using a dictagraph to steal trade secrets. Most embarrassed U.S. publisher was Macfadden Publications (True Story, et al.), which last February ousted Bernarr Macfadden, promised to employ "new policies" after cleaning up a big watered-circulation scandal (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Spy Behind the Curtain | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

Clue to the invasion, supplied by the Somaliland radio: A band of askaris made a raid to steal a flock of sheep and goats, failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, SOUTHERN THEATER: Mighty Invasion | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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