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Outside the ward, the fugitives jumped a second guard and a trusty, hustled them, into a sub-basement and locked them up. Through a tunnel used for steam pipes and electric cables they fled, unlocking two doors with keys which they had long since prepared. The tunnel opened on the side of a railroad embankment, down which they slid and ran along the tracks. In Water Street they were spotted by two cops. They fired, killing Patrolman James Fagan. Patrolman William Nelson fired back, drilling Convict James Waters through the heart. The other two, Joseph Riordan and Charles McGale, pelted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Sing Sing Break | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

After thus tripling the size of his Army sub-cabinet, Franklin Roosevelt went to work on his top-rank fighting men, sent over a list of ten new major generals, 39 new brigadiers. Once confirmed, the list will give the Army a total of 363 general officers on the active list. When World War I began, the Army had only 35 active-list generals. When World War II began, the Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Measure of Growth | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...when Liverpool was heavily bombed. Without rich backers, orchestra members earn less than they did before the war; principals average $28 a week, "rank" players $16. But the men say their spines feel better. The Philharmonic now has a democratic constitution, is run by a committee composed of the Sub-Leader, First French Horn, Third Horn, Principal Trombone, Rank Viola. The Rank Viola-Thomas Russell -is secretary, too busy today to play in the orchestra. He used to carry the Philharmonic cash in a little black bag, now has a bank account. Since the barnstorming began, the orchestra has played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Escape Music | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...former sub-committee of the council in charge of speakers and meetings remained in office. This committee is comprised of Alan Gottlieb '41, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. 2L., and Robert Taft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anti-War Committee Elects New Officers | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...which Marvin Barrett's "The Party" in the previous issue was a continuation. In this vein is "The Year the Rain Came to Deauville" by Curtis Thomas, a narrative-essay on the super-sophisticated international set which located its feverish merriments at the resort towns of France. The sub-title is "Or Why France Fell," and an Editor's Note gives a sociological twist probably not intended by the author, attributing the Fall to the decadence described in the article. Although "Deauville" is profuse in anecdote and characterization, it by no means unburdens itself of the faults of the very...

Author: By C. L. B., | Title: ON THE SHELF | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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