Word: bendixes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...murderer, a kindly old doctor, before Insurance Investigator Dennis O'Keefe can catch up with him. But, preoccupied with Dennis' courtship of a suspect's daughter (Barbara Britton), they blithely overlook the fact that a local banker was an accessory to murder and that Sheriff William Bendix shut his eyes to the crime. The rather whimsical reward for all this tampering with justice: Dennis gets the girl...
...Chester Gould, or possibly Al Capp. The Sword was such a creation, and anybody who cares to endure several dozen kiddie shows might find another. Incidentally, every program is running some sort of contest. Prizes are usually bikes or toy pistols, but once in a while a car or Bendix pops into the lineup. Such items are worth trying for. It means eating lots of Ralston and swilling Ovaltine, but the competitors are minor league, and the potential rewards are staggering. Tom Mix, for instance, is currently allowing winners to name their own prizes--up to $2,000--which could...
...third-quarter net of $3.1 million (v. $5.3 million last year) on lower sales. Standard Brands showed a profit of only $787,519, a drop of 49%. With sales slipping, five out of eleven makers of electric appliances reported declines ranging from 2% (for Noma Electric) to 43% (for Bendix Home Appliances). Truckmakers Diamond T and Autocar slipped badly and Reo Motors drove into...
Gold Coasters may soon be able to shrink their own socks all by themselves. If enough names are received on a current Adams House petition, the House committee will give serious consideration to providing a Bendix for the basement...
Last week TV was busy traveling by rail, highway and air. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on a run from Washington to Jersey City, took along an observation carload of reporters to witness the first use of a TV set on a train. The receiver was specially built by Bendix engineers to eliminate such bugs as landscape blocks, high speed (the train hit 80 m.p.h.), and static caused by passing trains. Biggest problem was the antenna. Because of the low clearances allowed by trestles, tunnels and overpasses, the antenna could rise only 15¾ inches above...