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...earthquake (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) on their front pages, the New York Daily News coolly threw its quake pictures on the floor. It had exclusive, newsstand-shocking news of its own; on Page One, the Daily News slapped a full-page action shot of Stripteasers Georgia Sothern and Joann Collier, zestfully clawing each other outside a nightspot where they both worked...
Inside, in a story unerringly aimed at the subway set, the News disclosed that the battle began when Miss Sothern was accused by Miss Collier, a "seminude novelty dancer," of wearing "falsies." For News readers, Georgia sniffed: if anyone needed falsies, it was Joann. "Some got 'em and some...
Rough, tough Louis Ruppel limped into the Manhattan offices of Collier's and cast a sardonic glance around. Most of new Editor Ruppel's worried staff, who had heard about his temper, his Anglo-Saxon expletives and "off-with-their-heads" methods, half-expected to be eaten alive. Editor Ruppel, though still recovering from a spinal operation, did not entirely disappoint them...
...York Times, he bellowed to one writer in his best Front Page manner: "Follow this up!" Summoning another staffer whose bags were packed for a trip to Europe to do a series of articles, Ruppel told him abruptly: "Your junket is off." Big Quentin Reynolds, a top Collier's drawing card, emerged pink and piqued from a personal audience. Several freelance writers who brought in stories assigned by the pre-Ruppel regime got quick service; their pieces were rejected on the spot...
...Collier's five-week deadline was too slow for ex-Hearstling Ruppel; he thought he could run the magazine as he had once run a city room. He ripped scheduled stories out of the magazine ("No guts") and changed the makeup. Ruppel wanted to make room for newsy, controversial "inside stories," and he planned to hire reporters on the big U.S. dailies, on a freelance basis, to supply them. Ruppel's remedy for ailing Collier's: "An expose a week...