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Unfortunately they picked the wrong car. The irate owner appeared shortly thereafter, followed by the arm of the law. They were further befuddled when removed from the car and put to bed in the Cambridge cooler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Escape Being Jailed for Drunken Offences | 1/11/1939 | See Source »

...sticking up for Czechoslovakia. The "Cliveden Set" became a synonym for a sort of Fifth Column working on behalf of Germany behind the back of the British Government. Last week the Hostess of Cliveden did her best to convince a Manhattan sob sister that this conception was all wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: I Loathe Dictators | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...they have three youngsters, all bird-lovers and naturalists like dad, all until two years ago fully convinced of dad's infallibility. But then, when redheaded, tubby, smart John Francis Jr., 15, was sports editor of Barnard School's paper, John Sr. called a big one wrong. If Schmeling beat Joe Louis he promised to eat his hat. John ate a hat all right-a candy and cake creation. John Jr. lost no such wager, but dad's wrong guess was a blow. He said, "Did I lose prestige...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Kieran & Co. | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

Just proving that RIGHT shall prevail against WRONG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Self Yulegies | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

...cinemaddicts, as Hollywood finds it increasingly hard to say new things, it says the old ones increasingly well. This picture certainly gives no new account of the Royal Flying Corps. Its members fly "canvas coffins," drink "to the next man to die," and grimly say "Right!" when they mean "Wrong!" just as they have been doing in the movies ever since the first Dawn Patrol was made eight years ago. Nonetheless, by the time Captain Courtney (Errol Flynn) and Lieutenant Scott (David Niven) have shared their last toast and their last battle, audiences are likely to feel that the familiar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 2, 1939 | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

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