Derby wave hits Madison Avenue as hats lift ego and status
New York columnist recounts the derby revival on Madison Avenue. Hatters claim the bowler makes wearers look younger and more powerful, turning clerks into brokers and bankers. The piece chronicles fittings, reactions, and the hat’s shift from helmet to symbol of swagger.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
New York
Madison Avenue
Bernard Salesky
The
Hat Corp. of America
Nelson Rockefeller
Associated Press
London
William Bowler
Billy Cock
Judge Gets The Message In Deaf-Mute Divorce Case
Beatrice Carpenter a deaf mute used 29 language signs to tell Judge Herbert Hamm that her husband Alonzo Sr. a deaf mute was unfaithful. The court granted their divorce the only New York ground adultery with the sign language trial described as unprecedented.
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Albany
N.Y
Beatrice Carpenter
Parms girl Maureen Cummings, 6, killed by bus at school yard
Maureen Cummings of Parma, aged 6, died Friday after tripping in the yard of St. Charles Catholic School and being struck by a slow-moving school bus. A police investigation is expected.
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Cleveland
Maureen
Cummings
Parma
St. Charles Catholic School
Woman May Need Move Over Dog Guarded by Will
Aretia Malcolm may have to leave her Toronto apartment to honor a will naming her guardian of a German short haired pointer named Marsha. The will leaves 900 a year from a 10000 trust to fund the dog's care, but the landlord forbids keeping pets in the unit and Malcolm says she will consult a lawyer.
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Toronto
Aretia Malcom
Jean Alexandria McLellan
Mrs. Malcom
Marsha
Bat Masterson suit inspires awe and headlines
A man adopts a protective fashion that grows into a social weapon. He moves with confidence, attracting stares and help from strangers, especially women. A child’s exclamation reveals the craze as a boy asks his mother for one of these Bat Masterson suits.
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Derby
Art Carney
Boston
AP Newsfeathers
Hugh Mulligan
Moore
L&s Paint Store
Charles ST
Watt Savings and Loan Association
Sar Em
Cout
Fense
Denly
Junder
Shop Penney’s Complete
Yard Goods Department
Penney
Percale
Penney’s Cotton
SOIR
Penney’s Woven
Seersucker
Sanfor
Classey Notions
Tl¢ Skein
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