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WHILE the fate of Chiang and China hinged on decisions in Peking and Washington, Sir Winston, keeping a firm rein ort his own fate, resigned-just when TIME said he would (TIME, April 4). Knowing that the Prime Minister had wavered in his decision for almost a year, I asked our London Bureau how it had been so sure of the date in advance. "On March 9, I had a drink with a politician I trust, and he told me the decision had been taken, that Churchill would resign in the first week of April,'' cabled Bureau Chief...
Another show that never got ort the air was On the Spot, which had a panel of high-dome experts who were supposed to answer any question about anything. During a dry run, one of the first questions asked was: "Who is the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico?" Shrugs Goodson: "What can you do? It doesn't make sense to have a show like that and then complain that the questions are unfair...
...Proper Spirit. In Battle Creek, Mich., Robert F. Ort, who admitted setting twelve fires in the Moose Lodge clubhouse, told police that putting them out helped develop "comradeship" among the members...
What Smith Did Sirs: I am surprised and disgusted with TIME. You tell all about what Boris, the big Serb, did on March 4, but not one word do you give about the other man who if half a million votes had been ort the other side of the fence would have been the big show on March...
When the Louisiana purchase gave New Orleans to the Unite States the general expectation was that the Louisiana ort would become a clearing house for the whole Mississippi Valley and in time become one of the greatest cities of the world. But since popular expectation does not follow the imagination of Poe or Jules Verne it could not foresee that its prophecies would fall short of fulfillment thanks to the railroads. Sometimes, however, prophets are unwittingly right; the present chaotic condition of those railroads may yet result in the lifting of New Orleans to greatness while the natural course...