Word: stilles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bill collector before he became an artist. His introduction to art came via a vaudeville act in which he drew chalk portraits of people in the audience on a blackboard. He went to art school and became a commercial artist-a field in which he is remembered for the still life portraits he did in the Jello ads. In 1943 he began doing covers for TIME in addition to his other work...
...Truman's inept fight for the repeal of Taft-Hartley and for civil-rights legislation had confirmed him, they argued, as the champion of labor and the Negro. What they meant was that labor and the Negro might have no grounds for gratitude to Harry Truman, but might still prefer him to his opponents. Crowed one Fair Dealer with satisfaction: "We haven't lost a Negro vote. We haven't lost a labor vote. We haven't lost a farmer vote...
...shrouded, ill-tempered negotiations between John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers and the coal operators had only increased their distaste for each other. The northern and western operators walked out of the bargaining room in disgust last week, virtually inviting the U.S. Government to step in. Lewis apparently still hoped to stall the negotiations somehow until Phil Murray's 480,000 striking United Steelworkers settled their strike with the steel industry...
Actually, it wasn't a very good game. "we're still sputtering and stuttering around," Valpey commented when it was over. His main problem now is to bring up to full speed men who have just come move. Of course, a victory after five straight losses goes a long way toward building up both team morale and team speed...
...Purple's defensive standouts are Co-Captain Tom Kelleher, a two-way end and a regular for three years, and Bill DeChard, who backs up the line. Kelleher is still nursing a knee injury; DeChard saw little action last year because of a shoulder bruise, but shone as a freshman two years...