Major economic shift marked by 1911 car installments
The 1951 issue marks forty years since the first autos were sold on installments in 1911. The system spurred industrial growth and changed daily life by enabling purchases out of income, helping the American economy expand from 621,000 cars by 1910 to about 93 million cars produced since then.
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American Finance Conference
Association of Independent Sales Credit Companies
U. S
United States
America
From Garris on to Gary Moore and the car era
The piece traces Thomas Morfit born in Baltimore who changed his name to Gary Moore after a radio listener contest in 1939. It cites his rise from continuity writer to TV star, public opinion prompting a signature crew cut, and Perry Como supervising a lasting haircut. It then highlights the economic impact of mass installments and car ownership on society and industry.
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Homas Garrison Morfit
Baltimore
Gary Moore
Gary
A Better Mousetrap Ad Leads to Inside Joke
A dinner table tale unfolds from a curious want ad for a guaranteed killit mousetrap. The narrator mails a dollar, imagines non existent cats, recalls a friend Bill stuck by a cigarette ashtray joke, and discovers a heavy wooden block with a lead pipe and stark instructions to strike behind the ears.
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Killit
Mary
Killyt
Bill Stout
Ciga
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Listed
A full set of across and down crossword clues including tautog head cook river cavity narrow roadway ancient sick cook in fat perform per laughter animal enclosure compass point coquettish discharge network club dry coin Peru advertise ment indehiscent fruit seal hunting station part of to be hint wine receptacle quiet the earth see dexterous finishes main idea down clues include a shepherd dog natural elevations employ ruler of Tunis piece of work hallowed old times archaic branch railroad ventilates not any soar frosted short haircut abyss drop humor crushing snake keel billed cuckoos swish observe ornamental band for arm a couple ismorose noblemen lump of earth
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Peru
Tunish
Frugality and thrift as paths to American opportunity
A Wright A Patterson essay extols an Iowa farmer who built wealth from nothing through frugality and thrift. Starting with a $25 monthly pay and a tiny five room house, he saved to buy 160 acres and later expanded to 460 acres, paying homage to self reliance and work. The piece contrasts such success with welfare promises and laments automobile deaths versus war casualties.
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Wright A. Patterson
Iowa
America
Ours
Depth of Deep Lakes Lake Tanganyika Cited at 4700 Feet
The article notes Lake Tanganyika in East Central Africa reaching an estimated depth of 4700 feet. The figure appears in a briefing on the lake's physical characteristics with no further measurements or sources named.
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Tanganyika
Central Africa
Population Near 154 Million in July 1 Estimate
The Census Bureau says America's population was about 154.35 million on July 1, including overseas military workers. This compares with 151.13 million at the 1950 census and 153.09 million for the period ending January 1, 1951.
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Washington, D. C
America
Census Bureau
Hall of Fame of the Horse Through History
Hoofbeats echo through time as horses shape war travel and sport. Man o War rests in a Lexington paddock while Babieca Bucephalus Nelson Marengo and Copenhagen earn fame in museums battles and legends across civilizations.
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Hall of Fame
Lexington
Kentucky
Will Harbut
Babieca
Spain
B.C
Jhelum
Pakistan
Nelson
George Washington
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
Copenhagen
Waterloo
Rose Motif Bed Linens and Hosiery Oscar Note
Rose Motif offers bed linens with crocheted rose motifs and embroidered sprays in white and pink. Pattern No. 5357 includes iron transfer sheets, pillowcases, top sheet, color chart, crochet instructions, and materials. Ginger Rogers receives a hosiery Oscar for alleged “the most beautiful legs in America.”
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Ginger Rogers
America
Home exterior stain advice for old versus new finishes
The guidance says old stains may take a first coat of aluminum paint before house paint, while newer stains benefit from a stain-seal to prevent bleeding. Recommend consulting a paint dealer and using top quality products.
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Inez Gerhard
Ion
CBS
Perry Como
A. Anton Friedrich
New York University
Isaac F. Marcosson
Studebaker Corporation
Bill
Civilization
Korea
Happy Ike
Europe
Bucephalus
Alexander the Great
Sewing Circle
West Adams S&t
Chicago
Bedford Hills
New York
Roger C. Whitman
Tobacco By-Products & Chemical Corporation
Richmond, Virginie
Doan
Peter
Ben-Gay
Oia
Ronen UE Ey U Tv Ne Een Ce Elta Aetey Migarette Tobacco
Prince Albert
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Balom
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