Word: 39th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...probably the most significant project under way was the hole outside of R. K. Mellon's office. On the first eight floors of the 39-story skyscraper the Mellon National Bank will have its quarters. On the next 30 floors will be offices for U.S. Steel. On the 39th floor will be the offices of Big Steel's President Ben Fairless -and R. K. Mellon. Probably no single office floor in the U.S. would support such a weight of industrial power and influence...
...should be run. Cracked Showman Rose: "When Mr. Johnson mentions me as a possible director of the gingerbread monstrosity on 39th Street, I wonder whether he's agreeing with me or just getting even...
...Scouts of America (membership: 2,221,157) celebrated their 39th anniversary with a report to the nation: during 1948 the Scouts collected 500,000 pounds of food for the Friendship Train, gathered 781,396,000 pounds of paper and planted 1,137,856 trees...
...that choked the Metropolitan Opera's 39th Street entrance came early, and wasn't disappointed. From glossy limousines stepped glossy fine ladies, dragging their tails behind them. The place was fuzzy with ermine, mink, diamonds and dignitaries. There was a shout, "Here comes Lily Pons!" followed by a buzzing ("Yeah? Didn't know she was a blonde"). The Widow Betty Henderson, showoff of cafe society, who got tapped for the front page of all the tabs last year by stretching her 71-year-old leg on a table in the bar, arrived with a raspberry-colored hairdo...
...Junk the gingerbread monstrosity on 39th Street and build a modern opera house, equipped with the last word in mechanical, electrical and acoustical stage devices...