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...hotheaded, toothbrush-mustached Spanish Catalan, Luis Companys, became a rebel when he added to the chaos of Spain's October 1934 revolution by declaring his native province, rich, industrial Catalonia, an independent republic. He became a martyr when the Government sent him to jail for 30 years. He became a hero when the Left victory in the Spanish general election last month sent him and 30,000 other rebels of 1934 rollicking out of Spain's jails. This week he became a liberator when he wangled from Spain's Republican Premier Manuel Azaña "local autonomy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Rebel into Hero | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

...Townsend Stotesbury celebrated his 87th birthday by rattling a snare drum as he did in the Civil War. A hale, hearty, dapper little man, Host Stotesbury, Philadelphia's richest tycoon, senior partner in J. P. Morgan & Co., was also persuaded to sing his favorite song. The Old Family Toothbrush that Hangs in the Sink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1936 | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

...Chorus (to the tune of The Old Oaken Bucket): The old family toothbrush, The old family toothbrush, The old family toothbrush That hangs in the sink. First it was father's, Then it was mother's, Then it was sister's; Now it is mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1936 | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

...harbinger of ruin and decay, Governor Johnson nominated his own Secretary of State, James H. Carr, 32, youngest Colorado official in history. He asked the Assembly to impeach and remove Mr. Carr from office. Secretary Carr, a dapper, toothbrush-mustached flashy dresser, hired as his attorneys Frederick E. Dickerson, Denver Democratic leader, and George Evans, friend of Colorado's rural Legislators. He attended the House hearings sipping milk for an ailing stomach. The story told in court against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Prelude to Ruin | 11/25/1935 | See Source »

...dental hygienist from Michigan read a paper on the history of the toothbrush. Lithe Dr. Julius Hughes of Atlanta scored 76 and 73 in the golf tournament to walk away with the low gross in Class A. There was a plantation dance in the Municipal Auditorium. A resolution was passed disapproving compulsory health insurance, another thanking President Roosevelt for his letter of greeting. Convivial caretakers of the nation's teeth roamed the French quarter, munched pralines, had Sazerac cocktails and crepes suzette for dinner. There was not much public oratory and reporters looking for details on such matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tooth Talk | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

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