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...Pinnacle. For those fed up with ball-point pens, the Everlast Pen Co. has a new model. At one end is a ball pen, at the other end, a conventional fountain pen. The price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FACTS & FIGURES: Mail-Order Markdown | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...found time for everyone. Round-the-world Flyer Milton Reynolds and crew (see BUSINESS) came by to receive the President's congratulations and give him a Reynolds ball-point pen. Democratic bigwigs dropped in to talk politics. Said Jersey City's Boss Frank Hague: "Everything's fine-everything's lovely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Everything's Lovely | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

Milton Reynolds is a shrewd salesman who will go to any lengths to publicize his ball-point pens. Last week, he went about as far as he could go-around the world, faster than anyone had ever gone before. As an advertising and promotional stunt, Milt Reynolds' record-breaking flight was well worth the $175,000 it cost. As a flying feat of luck and endurance, it was even more notable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Double-Barreled Feat | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

...they wearily climbed out of the plane, Pilot Odom said: "I'm going to sleep." Said Sallee: "I'm going to eat, sleep and get married." (He did.) Two days later, ads in Manhattan papers cried the real news: "Just arrived! 'Reynolds Bombshell' ball-point pens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Double-Barreled Feat | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

Great Circle Salesman. After a delay of one week due to weather, Milton Reynolds, the ball-point king, finally took off in his converted A26 attack bomber from LaGuardia Field on a flight in which he hoped to circle the globe in a record-shattering 60 hours (present record: 91 hours, 14 minutes, set by Howard Hughes in 1938). No pilot, Penman Reynolds was "navigator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spring Fevers & Chills | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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