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What's everybody so worried about? The draft? War? Haven't you seen "American Guerilla in the Philippines?" War is just one great big whale of a good time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/15/1950 | See Source »

Naturals. In Looe, England, first prize for "the most outstanding and unusual fish" caught in an angling contest was awarded to Henry Whale. In Detroit, the first woman to answer a call for reserve policewomen was Catherine Police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

More than 1,500 miles from landfall at San Salvador, the caravels came upon smooth seas, drizzling rains and a whale. Whales had always been seen close to shore for the same good reason boatswain birds had: men had never sailed far enough to see them elsewhere. On Sept. 25, after sandpipers and a dove-supposedly sure harbingers of land-were reported, an island was "sighted" and Columbus knelt down and gave thanks to the Lord. The "island" was a cloud on the horizon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Journey info Wonder | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

...industry spawned by Clarence Birdseye's durable fish today is a baby whale in the U.S. economy; its gross last year was $700 million. Thanks to its early start, General Foods' Birds Eye-Snider division forms the biggest segment of the industry. Its 50-odd frozen foods this year will account for a sizable chunk of General Foods' estimated $500 million gross sales. Last week, to help it stay ahead, Birds Eye-Snider brought out the first frozen tomato-juice concentrate, hopes to have another bestseller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Cold Proposition | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

...Tiaki, by Thor Heyerdahl. How to sail to Polynesia on a raft, by one of six Scandinavians who did just that and had a whale of a time (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

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