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Stassen had three specific proposals: tj The United Nations Organization must create an international air force consisting of five bomber squadrons and ten fighter squadrons, equipped with 25 U.S. atomic bombs, to police the world.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Toward a New Beachhead | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

GORDON FLINT Los Angeles tj Simple. The bazooka-like blast blows over his shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1945 | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

Died. Thomas Joseph Pendergast, 71, most notorious political boss of the century; of heart disease; in Kansas City. Son of a teamster, old "TJ." built a small Democratic ward machine in Kansas City's Italian section into a powerful and corrupt political juggernaut. He ruled Kansas City in its bawdiest, gaudiest era, hired ghost voters by the thousands, bet millions on the ponies, hand-picked Governors and Senators, started Vice President Harry Truman up the political ladder. Heavy-set and heavy-jowled, he was the incarnation of the cartoonists' political boss-especially when he wore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 5, 1945 | 2/5/1945 | See Source »

Died. Charles Michael Schwab, 77, board chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corp.; of coronary thrombosis; in Manhattan. From counterjumper in a Pennsylvania village grocery store at 16, he jumped tJ the presidency of Carnegie Steel Co. at 35, three years later sold Carnegie to a Morgan syndicate and became the $2,000,000-a-year chairman of U. S. Steel Corp. Because "I wanted to be a tsar" Charlie Schwab got out of U. S. Steel and founded Bethlehem, which during the first two years of World War I sold $225,000,000 worth of munitions to Great Britain and Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 25, 1939 | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...During 1934 the Pope received three U. S. cardinals, six archbishops and 50 bishops. Most brought him the proceeds from collections for Vatican work. The year's TJ. S. total, estimated last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Youngest Archbishop | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

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