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Substitute. The Ramirez Government will replace Señor Espil with Adrian Escobar, a stranger to the U.S., but well-known as an opportunist. Once considered pro-Franco, Escobar is at least certain to be safely pro-Ramirez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Senor & Senora | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

Trial observers found the verdict all the stranger because the defense against the shooting charge had taken a clear line that Colonel Colman was mentally irresponsible at the time-indicating that he probably hoped to be let off with a medical discharge from the Army. As it was, the sentence merely canceled his temporary colonelcy. It left him a U.S. officer, plainly implied that he was still fit to command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: Colman's Court | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

Chink Landis is no stranger to the East. Born in Tokyo of Presbyterian missionary parents, he saw the U.S. for the first time when he was 13. Said he last week: Americans have been paying too little attention to what the Islamic world thinks of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Chink & Beanie | 9/20/1943 | See Source »

Girl: "I don't think I'd like to go out with a perfect stranger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hello, Good-Looking | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

Swart, handsome, curly-haired Gene Krupa, drumming idol of swarms of jitterbugs, paled as a San Francisco jury found him guilty of using a minor (his 20-year-old valet) to transport marijuana cigarets. He had claimed that he was handed an envelope by a stranger, did not know what was in it. As his lawyer prepared to appeal, Krupa prepared to face the music, one to six years in San Quentin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 12, 1943 | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

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