Johnny Weissmuller, who played Tarzan in the 1930s, was an international sex symbol and an Olympian who was captured bare torsoed in light and shade by Hurrell

The Shillong Times first appeared as a tabloid weekly on 10th August 1945 under the editorship of Late Sudhindra Bhusan Chaudhuri. In 1958 it was converted to a Daily. Owing to financial constraints, within six months it reverted back to a weekly.