Odd Bits and Opinions From A Busy Page
A collage of notes ranging from nail polish nerves to Yankee Doodle origins, a Spencerian riff on chain stores, anti trust talk about A and P, Vera Vague TV gossip, Champale as a high alcohol beverage, safety of housewives at the wheel, and quips about farm population decline. It also mentions Peron’s La Prensa, U.S. film bans in Argentina, and a Bell system patent sweep with Elsie the cow on display in Brooklyn.
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Archibald Williard
Boston
China
Stalin
Mao
Pravda
B.C
Boston Traveler
Vera Vague
New Jersey
Peron
la Prensa
South America
U. S
Bell Telephone
Brooklyn Ageat
Elsie
Elmer
Man of the Year List Honors Southern Leaders
Twenty five leaders from the South are named by Hubert F. Lee for consideration as the region’s man or woman of the year. The Dixie Business sponsor notes past winners and invites public voting from Stone Mountain Georgia with final honors due in October. Names include Er nest L. Kurth and Reuben Robertson among others from press and industry.
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Atlanta
Collier's enlightens Moscow struggle and diary quips
A column mocks wartime patriotism in Russia as slavery under dictatorship. It previews Elizabeth Jenkins' Six Criminal Women, a Lippincott humor book, Billy Rose pieces, and Reader's Digest plans. It cites typos in SEP pieces and a NY Times ballet note with light, spoiled translations.
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Collier's
Moscow
Elizabeth Jenkins
Lippincott
James T. Fisher
Billy Rose
Reader's Digest
SEP
Gen. Ridgway
High Speed Driving and Air Resistance
At speeds above forty miles per hour the engine must supply more power to overcome air resistance and road friction, increasing fuel use and strain on vehicle performance.
BC Headache Relief Ad Highlights Fast Acting Pills
An advertisement extols BC for headache neuralgia and minor pains with a potent multi ingredient formula. It promotes BC in tablet and powder forms and asserts same relief in both. It offers 10c powder and tablet options plus 25c and family sizes of 50 and 100 tablets. Bay BC today.
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Bay
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Nick’s
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Interlu
Rodden-Summers
Europe
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Paris
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International New Photos
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Bull
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Abe-Mbs
East
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West
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Abe
Mbs
Cbe
Abe Newsmeat
One Man's Family
Abe Ews
Obs
Gordon MacRae
Abe Geoky Weed Playhouse
Cbe Sanctum
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Barrow
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Te—Che
Henry Taylor
Thea
Wren
Manhattan
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Studio One
WRBTV
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Faye Emerson
Showroom
Perry Como
Theater
Moss
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Roanoke
World News
Elmer L. Henderson
American Medical Association
Louisville
Sam Latimer
the State
Columbia
8. C
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Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
David Owens
Ia E Ivey Company
JEEP
Bere
Geena Gap
Winchell
Virgil Thomson
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N. Y. Times Ballet
Rais
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America
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