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Nomenology. In The Bronx, Alexander Himler, weary of cracks about the Hangman of the Gestapo, had his name legally changed to Alexander Hamilton. In Baltimore, the Rossa McGradys named their new son Alert because he was born during one. With the Georgia Department of Health was filed a birth certificate for Extra White...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 23, 1942 | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

...matter how courteously, no matter what the pretext. Said the orders: "Regarding Moslem women, you must put aside all your own preconceived notions and ideas. You must remember, your conduct in this matter may decide the fate of the campaign." U.S. boys from Pleasant Valley, Spencerville and The Bronx were discovering that soldiering had a lot of complications to it that no one had ever told them about at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Ike & Men | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

Formerly Sid conducted a radio program of recorded symphonies accompanied by cultured comments in a lush bass. Hence his name Symphony Sid. On his swing show he has added a syrupy Harlem accent. Off the air he sometimes lapses into Middle High Bronx. Lady radio listeners insist Sid's voice has a rich, disturbing quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Cats' Commercials | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

Leading all war songs on the juke-box popularity poll was the season's wackiest satirical item, Der Fuehrer's Face, which sold out its initial edition of 100,000 records ten days after its release three weeks ago. A medley of bronx cheers and polka-dottiness that has to be heard to be appreciated, Der Fuehrer's Face last week seemed well on its way to become the comic theme song of World War II. The song was written by Walt Disney's Tunesmith Oliver Wallace for a picture originally entitled Donald Duck in Nutzi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: War Songs | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

Theorist. In The Bronx, Sing Gong was arrested for trying to rob a Chinese laundry by waving a .38-caliber cartridge, demanding money, threatening that otherwise he would find a gun somewhere, put the bullet in it, come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 19, 1942 | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

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