Word: brande
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...categories: Back ground Remarks which can be directly attributed to the President but in the third person, without quotation marks; Direct Quotations for the occasional phrase, sentence or statement which he announces can be put in direct quotes; Non-attributable Information, dope the press can put out under any brand name that does not indicate its source; Off the Record, secrets, no fair telling under any pretext...
...Fall River Line was called Bay State Steamboat Co. in 1846 when it was chartered by a group of Boston and Fall River businessmen. In May 1847 the line got under way with the Massachusetts, chartered from the Providence Line, and the Bay State, brand new and considered the finest craft afloat on the coastal waters of the U. S. She was 315-ft. long, had a 1,500-h.p. beam engine. On her maiden voyage she encountered a rival boat of the Stonington Line, the Oregon, and in the race that ensued, the Bay State not only passed...
...this complexity to go on, plus the fact that Deep Soundings is published by the remote Caxton Printers of Caldwell, Idaho, readers may find themselves wondering which of the topnotch U. S. adventure writers - Hawthorne, Daniel Eugene Cunningham, Zane Grey, Barrett Willoughby, Norman Reilly Raine, Ernest Haycox. Max Brand. Albert Richard Wet-jen-mysterious Alan Corby might...
This year, also, there will be fewer country theatres. In 1936, Equity counted 55. This summer season's total will fall about ten behind, but on the average the survivors will be considerably healthier than their predecessors of previous seasons. Instead of depending on brand new shows whose authors are willing to waive royalties on the chance of a producer's seeing and liking their work, typical 1937 rural playhouse will stick to tried & true, love & laughter shows from bygone seasons. More than one summer stock company will offer Let Us Be Gay, Candlelight, The Second Man, Meet...
Shrewdest of all were the advertising directors of United Kingdom Tobacco Co., makers of "Grey's" cigarets, a somewhat swank but inexpensive brand. In 48 hours London newspapers appeared with quarter and half-page advertisements flaunting largely the company's new slogan: "The Fleet is All Lit Up!" And in small type below the explanation: "They're smoking Grey's cigarets." Abashed Commander Woodrooffe explained: "I was so overcome by the occasion that I burst into tears and found I could say no more." To be sure that announcers would not be overcome with emotion...