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...little late in winding up his vacation, missed the opening of the 81st Congress. At first his office spoke vaguely of "auto trouble." Friends injudiciously added that he had been doing the Seattle nightspots with lush, blonde June Millarde (known professionally in Hollywood pin-up circles as Toni Seven). Heiress to an estimated $3,000,000, Toni is the daughter of Silent Star June Caprice and Director Harry Millarde. While the tabloids were still eating up every new rumor, the Senator appeared in Washington. Had he and Toni been married in the desert? Said he: "Completely absurd." In Hidden Valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Idle Hours | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...Princeton, Mrs. Oppenheimer has had a greenhouse installed at the Institute's 18-room Olden Manor. But she has abandoned her own studies to run the house, and look after the children (a boy, Peter, 7, and a girl, "Toni," going-on-4). Oppie, who has a theory about everything, has formulated one for raising children: "Just pour in the love and it will come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eternal Apprentice | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

...Senator was rushed in & out of the fair grounds before he had a chance to admire a steer or sample a jar of piccalilli. He did visit a giveaway radio program, where he dutifully kissed the Toni (wave) Twins ("Which Twin Has the Toni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Vice Presidents Days | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

Then he toured the fair the way a political candidate should. Escorted by Green and Illinois' Senator C. Wayland ("Curly") Brooks, he ate California grapes, munched a hamburger, downed chocolate milk and lemonade. He posed with, but refused to kiss, the Toni Twins. "That would be like Jim Folsom," he explained. He laid a hand on the back of a 1,500-lb. grand champion Hereford bull, awarded a silver platter to the owner of a prize boar, and shook 1,650 hands in 55 minutes. At every stop, he was mobbed by autograph seekers. Illinois Republicans could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Vice Presidents Days | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

Luckman had enviously watched the fantastic profits of Toni (home permanent wave) Co. When Gillette grabbed up Toni for $20 million, Luckman spent $5 million for another (Hedy Home Wave) that was less well known, planned to change all that by thumping advertising. In branching out last week into food products, Luckman had not gone afield: oleomargarine uses many of the same raw materials as soap (Lever's British parent company, Lever Bros. & Unilever, Ltd., and its Dutch twin already dominate the world margarine market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Calling the Signals | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

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