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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They finally found it-a two-story house of rust-colored brick on the border between white and Negro districts in midSt. Louis. The place was 50 years old, but it had a lawn and stood on a quiet, elm-shaded street. They made a down payment, signed a mortgage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: A House With a Yard | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Clean Sweep. In 1938, the antitrust division of the Department of Justice set out to end such tie-in sales. It filed suit against Paramount, Loew's Inc.(M-G-M), RKO, Warner Bros, and 20th Century-Fox to have block booking declared illegal. But in the labyrinth of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Independents' Day | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

All this might have gone unnoticed if Marks and Littell had not complained so after the Office of Alien Property Custodian seized Hyalsol in 1943. Marks and Littell were left in charge. The matter might have ended there if the pair had not sued OAP in 1946 for the return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALIEN PROPERTY: To the Cleaners | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

In Manhattan: Radio Funnyman Henry Morgan and his statuesque blonde wife Isobel agreed that they were more congenial apart.* After 20 months of marriage, she sued for separation, asked $750 a week temporary alimony. She complained that he had once faked a foreign accent, pounded on the door and yelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Hedy Lamarr sued for damages after she pondered the fact that Look magazine had told its readers that she once submitted to rhinoplasty.† She figured that her reputation as a natural-born, unaltered beauty had been damaged about $200,000 worth.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Happy Days | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

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