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...version of the yarn tells of a cowboy named Rot-Gut Pete who fell victim to a giant flycatcher plant in Arizona. Searchers for him found only a watch, 42 boot nails, 11 buttons, a six-shooter, a belt buckle and two silver dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pitfalls and Lobster Pots | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

Hundreds thought so too, readers back-patted him by mail. But one letter was of different ilk, from Advertising Executive John Marsh, Authoress Mitchell's husband and trouble shooter; it demanded an apology. Southern pride, suh, had been hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Apology for Margaret | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...during the first quarter with Kirkland only three points ahead at the end of the quarter. In the second quarter, however, the Deacons broke up Lowell's zone defense and rang up the big margin. High scorer for Kirkland was Freshman Charlie Carson who proved himself a very accurate shooter. Also playing consistent heads-up ball was Dave Barnett '43, Bellboy center who scored seven points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KIRKLAND CAGERS WIN FROM LOWELL 26 TO 13 | 1/8/1943 | See Source »

Ladd rates all the encores for acting, but in the screen story he plays second fiddle to Brian Donlevy. Donlevy, who is appropriately cast as an unscrupulous politician, is engaged in a vicious struggle for political control of an already corrupt city. Ladd, his number one trouble-shooter, sees plenty of trouble when Veronica Lake gets Donlevy to give her father political support in return for her smiles and wiles, but it takes him the whole picture to straighten things out. And in the end, with a little help from Veronica, he acts perfectly normal. The guy, who in "This...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 10/27/1942 | See Source »

...Coast international representative. He started as an apprentice at 13, earning 10? an hour heating rivets at Parsons, Kans., and has climbed the union ladder rung by rung. Belligerent, tough, willing to crack heads if necessary to get what he wants, Tom Crowe has the reputation of a square shooter. West Coast management knows him as a man who will keep his word, once given. When welders tried to break away from IBBMISBWHA in July 1941 to form a union of their own, Tom Crowe snapped them back into line. Said he: "We're going to have peace among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Rise of IBBMISBWHA | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

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