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There were raccoon coats with built-in hip flasks, plaid-seated convertibles, plenty of Canadian Club; Vag was mentally immersed in a maelstrom of all night parties and lost weekends. He saw the crowds and colors of November Saturday afternoons and smelled the mixed aroma of burning leaves, Chanel, and rye hovering over Soldiers Field. Pretty girls there would be by the score, by the six dozen--the "golden girls." The bright lights and gay scenes revolved in perfect time to the Six Little Tailors, and for once, Vag smiled at the jingle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/7/1946 | See Source »

...experiment and trial building, the 26-by-8-ft. wooden house has walls of "Tempered Presdwood" and plywood, wings which slide out like bureau drawers to form two bedrooms, a kitchen-dining-living room, and bathroom. It is set up complete with all plumbing, bathroom and kitchen fixtures, built-in beds, and bureaus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Goodyear Makes Its Bow | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

...latest product. A 36-foot round aluminum shell was suspended on a central stainless steel mast, firmly anchored and capped by a rudderlike ventilator, which turns with the wind. Inside, the house was unexpectedly spacious: two bedrooms,, two baths, a large living room with fireplace, kitchen and some built-in furniture. A heating and air-conditioning unit, operated by either gas or electricity, was neatly stowed away in the innards, along with most of the plumbing. (Bucky Fuller had temporarily abandoned the idea of heating with sewage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Fuller's Fancy | 3/25/1946 | See Source »

...Palau and Truk, all wrested from Japan, would provide fleet anchorages. Tying the whole lacework together would be air bases on such famous "rocks" as Iwo, Marcus and Wake. (Conceding that the airplane is here to stay, the Navy was careful to emphasize that all bases would have built-in air stations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Priceless Filigree | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

...design stage, will not be ready for delivery until 1947. It will be a short-haul, 40-passenger plane in the 300-mile-an-hour class. Unusual features: specially designed engine exhaust stacks which will provide jet assistance; passenger entrance near the nose through a door with a built-in ramp. With the 240, American Airlines hopes to make a "good approach" to 3?-a-mile air service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Workhorses Needed | 1/7/1946 | See Source »

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