Word: toye
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...parade turned out to be organized. Most of it was people, just sauntering along. The tide of Russia's human power flowed by, mothers walking hand-in-hand with little girls & boys, fathers with still smaller children perched on their shoulders. There were kids tugging at toy balloons...
Very cleverly disguised in the June 9 issue of TIME was the story of "handsome Mel Johnson, inventor of the Johnson semiautomatic rifle and machine gun," whose latest contribution to the peace of the world is a "toy" gun which shoots pellets...
Johnson, a Marine Corps reserve captain and one of the foremost U.S. small-arms experts, holds that anyone can learn to shoot with his toy as efficiently as with an ordinary rifle. The Marine Corps and the British Government are considering them for possible use in training. One Marine Corps base has already ordered some to sell in its post exchange. In his small two-story, ivy-covered plant at Cranston, R.I., Johnson has already turned out 10,000 rifles for sale in toy and gun stores. Retail price: $15. With the target rifle he hopes that his company, which...
...beavered, somewhat pixillated old gentleman (Edmund Gwenn) who calls himself Kris Kringle and isn't kidding. So far as he is concerned, he is the original, the one & only Santa Claus. As such, he is well pleased to take the throne in R. H. Macy & Co.'s toy department. His employer (Maureen O'Hara) regards him as a harmless old lunatic and her grimly progressive little girl (Natalie Wood) is sure he is an outright fraud. Kris stakes his earthly failure or success on winning them over to the faith. Meanwhile he raises hob with the Christmas...
Divorced. By Gail Patrick, 34, deadpan cinemadventuress and onetime Panther Woman: Arnold Dean White, 34, toy manufacturer; after 2½ years of marriage, one of separation; in Los Angeles...