Word: box
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...curtain pole shaved down to fit the opening of the spinal column. Inside the skull on either side of the pole, he wedged two radio tubes to hold the head steady. The other end of the pole he fitted in a stand made of a soap box...
...that an orator is a statesman than for any other reason. The oratorical type Is the emotional type, expansive, a quick promiser who can diagnose evils and cannot prescribe for them, and of course rarely cures them. The orator has fooled people as an executive ever since the ballot box was invented...
...Hollywood the personal effects of the late Cinemactor John Gilbert were auctioned. Cinemactress Marlene Dietrich bought his 32 cotton sheets and 35 pillow cases for $300. Leatrice Joy Gilbert, 13, his daughter by his second wife, bought an etching and a makeup box. Virginia Bruce, his fourth wife, bought a Bible...
...International Platinum Corp., began issuing warehouse receipts against platinum. Buying platinum at wholesale, they had it melted into small rectangular ingots, .995 fine, weighing 3 oz. and so certified by Handy & Harman, well-known assayers. The ingots, each stamped with an identifying number and placed in a small fibre box, were put in the custody of the safe deposit affiliate of Manhattan's Chemical Bank & Trust Co. which issued warehouse certificates against them. The certificates were then offered to the public at a price about 10% above wholesale platinum prices to cover the cost of assaying, ingoting, insurance...
Minors. Hollywood's child actors have also benefited from the radio boom. Though cautious handlers kept Clark Gable's female box-office counterpart, little Shirley Temple, off the air, 13-year-old Jackie Cooper (Skippy) last week landed a $10,000 contract, had to have it approved by a court. For Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Co. young Actor Cooper will next month make a series of recorded programs with such of his older Hollywood colleagues as Fred & Paula Stone, Polly Moran, Patsy Kelly, Dolores Costello Barrymore, Hoot Gibson, Jack Holt, Elissa Landi. For working in Jackie...