Word: wolfs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the army deposed Vargas, in 1945, Café Filho re-entered politics, won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, took up his old role of caustic, lone-wolf critic. He drew more fan mail than any other Deputy. Said Getulio Vargas, planning his own political comeback, "Café Filho is the most effective man in Congress. I wish he were on my side...
...Russians' nightmare conquest of Berlin. These experiences come down to one thing: rape. Singly and in groups, the Russians prowled through the rubble-strewn city in search of women. After being raped four times in two days, the anonymous author of the diary decided to find a strong wolf to protect her from the pack. Protection came at the customary price, first from a lieutenant, then from a major (of whom she eventually became quite fond). When the savage wave of rape ended and women met to talk, the first question was not "What happened?" but "How often?" Intent...
...mixed together seamless and welded pipes in its warehouses-and in the Nautilus. Weak welded pipes burst under pressure which would have been withstood by the specified seamless piping. Moreover, it turned out that piping was mixed up too in Electric Boat's second atomic submarine, the Sea Wolf, now abuilding. After a careful checkup, the Navy blamed the trouble not on sabotage but on carelessness. Electric Boat fired the man who slipped up-a warehouse foreman with 42 years' service-and will pay for repairs. But the mistake will delay the Navy's atomic submarine program...
...press conference where he announced his plans, Wolfson also was questioned on how he has operated other companies that he has taken over. Asked one reporter: What about Wolf son's reputation for "milking" companies? Replied Wolfson: "I have been a milker of only one company-[Washington's] Capital Transit Co." This occurred in 1950, when Wolfson and friends bought working control (45.6%) of Capital at $20 a share, quickly paid themselves $30 in dividends from money in the till. Wolfson said that Capital was regulated by a public board, that the shareholders had only been getting...
Died. Bert Lytell, 69, for 66 years an actor in the theater, radio, cinema and TV; after an operation; in Manhattan. A matinee idol of silent films (The Lone Wolf, Alias Jimmy Valentine), he moved smoothly from leading man to character roles on Broadway (Lady in the Dark), served as president of Actors' Equity for seven years...