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The average U.S. man is 5 ft. 9 in. tall and weighs 158 Ibs. Pace Anita Loos, six out of ten prefer brunettes (a happy choice, since only 8% of U.S. women are natural blondes) and they think- although they are at least half responsible for it-that women get...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Meet the Folks | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

Soothing Oil. The Federal Government, which recently won title to California's oil-rich marginal sea lands, tempered victory with mercy. The Department of Justice said that it will permit oil companies now operating offshore to continue drilling, and it waived any governmental claim to certain municipally owned areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Aug. 4, 1947 | 8/4/1947 | See Source »

To fill out Patterson's job and possibly to continue in the subordinate Army post after merger becomes a fact, the President nominated able, even-tempered, 6 ft. 5 in. Under Secretary Kenneth C. Royall. A former $50,000-a-year trial lawyer in Goldsboro, N.C., Royall had reluctantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Line-Up | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

Bushman. Marlin Perkins' collection at Lincoln Park is good, if not dazzling. Among its 2,800 specimens are several star performers. One of them is Heinie, a male chimp who does a terrifying stomp to get an audience's notice and then spits ponderously at the nearest face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANIMALS: By the Lake | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

Died. Julian Day, 68, one of the four red-haired sons of famed father Clarence (Life with Father) Day, terrible-tempered hero of Broadway's longest-run play; after long illness; in Lugano, Switzerland. The "Whitney" of the play inspired by brother Clarence's stories, Expatriate Julian served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 30, 1947 | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

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