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Reason for Reynolds' record lay partly in the depression-resist nature of the to bacco business, partly in the Camel boom resulting from the famed humidor (cello phane) pack. Introduced Jan. 2. 1931. to the accompaniment of a $50,000 prize contest for most moving description of its advantages, the cellophane-wrapped Camel occupied the cigaret-publicity spot light which George Washington Hill of American Tobacco Co. had previously almost monopolized. Exactly 952.228 U. S. citizens submitted letters testifying to Humidor Pack merit...
...WITH OLD COLDS. "Open up a pack of Old Colds. . . . Smell the to- bacco. . . . You can't because there isn't any tobacco...
...Bacco!" swore Boxer Carnera, "I have never fought in an undershirt and I never will...
...begun in April, 1928 when the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reduced the price of Camels from the long established rate of $6.40 a 1,000 to $6. Quick to follow were Liggett & Myers with Chesterfields and Piedmonts, and the American Tobacco Co. with Lucky Strikes. The Lorillard To bacco Co., faced with the heavy expense of introducing Old Golds met the reduction only partially, cutting its price to $6.10. During the intervening months the costs of the feud were heavy and many a rumor spread that an agreement for its termination had been reached. Last week from the Winston...
Then came disillusion. Corpo di Bacco! It was no mere Communista they had assaulted. The snorting car belonged to the Soviet Ambassador to Italy. Instead of being commended for patriottismo, they had caused a "regrettable incident...