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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unfortunately the price was second-line center Lew Preston who will probably be unavailable for tonight's important game against strong Brown in Providence. The big forward pulled a leg muscle in the second period, and doctors said afterwards they thought Preston would have to keep on the ice for the next few days...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Hockey Team Outplays Tufts, 9-2 | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...with Builder Henry Crown (TIME, Nov. 28) and signed the biggest check of his career-$7,500,000-as a down payment. For a total of $19,385,000 he picked up a hotel that had cost $25,800,000 to build on land worth $10,000,000. He thought that it was even a better bargain than the Stevens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: The Key Man | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Auld Acquaintance. In Van Nuys, Calif., Angel Cordova explained why he had smashed a beer bottle through the windshield of Carlos Carrillo's car: "I thought he was a friend of mine who I thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 12, 1949 | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...which he bought with the help of a syndicate of friends. In deal No. 4, he bought Fort Worth's Terminal Hotel with two partners and learned that there were more dangers for a hotelman than the complaints of dissatisfied guests. One of his partners, D. E. Soderman, thought he was being cheated, stalked down the third partner and shot him dead. When Soderman got out of jail, he phoned Hilton and asked to see him. Fearing that he was next on the list, Hilton told Soderman to come to his office-and laid his Army automatic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: The Key Man | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

While bossing the Berlin airlift, Major General William H. Tunner -often thought of what the ideal military cargo plane should be like. Last week, at an "Air Cargo Day" meeting in Manhattan's Hotel Statler, he described it. It should have four engines and be able to carry 50,000 Ibs. of cargo on a 3,000-mile flight at 250 m.p.h. It should be able to fly at 20,000 ft., land on a 6,000-ft. runway. Engines and equipment should be designed for easy repair and cargo doors should be wide enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Two for Good Measure | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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