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Ardent defense witnesses included the egocentric gossip columnist of the London Daily Herald, Hannen Swaffer, whose story was that he and a committee of four others had once tested Mrs. Duncan's spectral powers, tied her securely with handcuffs, sashcord and thread, watched her wriggle loose in three minutes. Concluded Swaffer: "There was ectoplasm, but no one appeared. Obviously she had been released by Albert, the spirit guide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: There Was Ectoplasm | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

Premier Ivanoe Bonomi's new Italian Government finally took office last week in Salerno, planned an early move to Rome. Correspondents picked up some intriguing gossip about the prelude to Allied approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Footnotes to History | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

...annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago was steeped in penicillin, politics and progress. About 7,500 doctors jammed the halls of four hotels to saw up a two-year backlog of medical science and gossip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A.M.A. Meeting | 6/26/1944 | See Source »

Most of the House family gather in Sally's room before dinner to gossip about the day's events, then they move on to Spaatz's office for drinks around the big table with guests. Sally serves the first round, then guests do their own pouring. The General, who is usually cutting someone's throat at cribbage beside the fire, sets up a hungry cry: "Sally, bring the anchovies!" and Sally reaches for a can opener. Mrs. Spaatz keeps a steady flow of ingenious crackers, biscuits, anchovies, kippers, sardines, smoked cheese and the like crossing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF EUROPE: The Man Who Paved the Way | 6/12/1944 | See Source »

...weekly condensation of Pyle's columns went to the weekly News of Dana, Ind. (circ. 600), as to several hundred other small U.S. weeklies. Appropriately, Ernie Pyle signalized the week by a bit of gossip about his Dana neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dana Boy Makes Good | 6/12/1944 | See Source »

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