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...buttonhole-"for optimism"-a red carnation and a wee sprig of heather. Less light-hearted was Lieut. Baskervyle Glegg, whose job it was to take care of such military secrets as have so far escaped espionage. Lieutenant Glegg toted his responsibility in a steel dispatch case fastened to his wrist by a three-foot chain. Lieutenant Glegg was heavy of heart because he was, handcuffed to the future of Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Heather and Steel | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

Soon the Barrymores' acting gave strong hints of their home life. With gusto John shouted at Elaine such stage lines as "You damned selfish brat." In the play he spanked her harder, she fanged his wrist more savagely, than was necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Very, Very, VERY Tired | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

Promoter Albert Nathaniel Chapereau (Shapiro) kibitzed Paris, Broadway and Hollywood because: 1) he craved fine-feathered friends, and 2) the right people could help him promote his interests. He wanted Cafe Society recognition for himself and his wife, Paula. On Paula's wrist Radio and Cinema Comedian George Burns saw a nifty bracelet. Soon No. 1 Zany Gracie Allen (Mrs. Burns) had $4,885 worth of duty-free baubles like Paula's. Soon Supreme Court Justice Edgar J. Lauer's wife, Elma, had a duty-free Paris wardrobe just as pretty as Paula...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 13, 1939 | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...them 700 feet to the mine-deep, starting point of the sloping shaft which runs out under the sea. To reach their diggings the miners boarded a "rake," a string of small narrow, flat cars fitted with wooden benches, which are let down the ten-degree slope by a wrist-thick steel cable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Underground Runaway | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

...Brothers Gruen are a little wide-eyed at the astonishing success of Benjamin Samuel Katz, who crosses the Atlantic six times a year, wears the latest Gruen wrist watch ("Ristside") and smokes cigars incessantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Gruen Comeback | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

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