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Last week was a notable one in the life of President Ben Alexander of Masonite Corp. On his desk in the wallboard company's executive offices in Chicago's Conway Building appeared a big bouquet of red roses from his wife, marking his tenth wedding anniversary. The roses also served as a remembrance for his 42nd birthday. Meantime Mr. Alexander's Masonite published its annual report for the fiscal year through August showing record profits, celebrated its tenth business birthday, announced a refinancing plan and split its stock...
Before Prohibition, for somewhat similar reasons, both distilleries and schoolhouses closed down in summer. Most whiskey, like most learning, was produced in winter, left to mellow through the hot weather.* Distillers counted whiskey's maturity in summers because they thought that season gave whiskey its best bouquet. Last week this old-time cycle came back into the liquor business for the first time since Repeal. National Distillers, No. 1 U. S. whiskey producer, announced that seven of its nine distilleries had been shut down until October. With heated warehouses, National's decision had nothing to do with summer...
...poor an attraction was Father Dillinger and his stories of Son John that his female manager discharged him after three days. Second most ballyhooed exhibit of the Midway was "The Bouquet of Life," a "fearless, daring, beautiful" series of human embryos from three days to 240. For Cleveland's tremendous (72%) foreign population the Exposition offered the "Streets of the World," in which 36 nationalities were represented, with and without food. Expositions are made or marred by the amount of female nudity on display...
After the smacks Corporal Mussolini, who has never had himself promoted above his actual War grade, patted Marshal Badoglio affectionately on the back, presented a bouquet to the Marshal's wife, affably greeted their daughter. Later Emperor Vittorio Emanuele and Marshal Badoglio reviewed troops amid deafening plaudits near the Triumphal Arch of Constantine. Once home, the Viceroy of Ethiopia confided with an old soldier's simple candor the main reason why he did in fact return to Rome last week...
Best shot is Fred Astaire's monkey dressed in a sailor suit presenting a bouquet of flowers to Ginger Rogers. Most incredible is that of the admiral holding up inspection to have his guests watch Fred Astaire's sailor-boy band...