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"Popping Noises." In the midst of the massacre, Mrs. Eveline Cummings, operator of the school, entered the building, heard a man's voice and "funny popping noises" coming from the back room. She called the police, who arrived to arrest Smith while he was still standing not far from...
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the use of contraceptives spread, although their illegal status gave birth to such nervously silly euphemisms as "uppity-cuppity" (for diaphragm) and it was considered boldly wicked to admit using them. All the while, Margaret Sanger fought futilely for a federal "Doctors' Bill" that...
"I suppose," says Nathan Cummings, "that there isn't a week that goes by that I don't look at somebody's business." Cummings, who will turn 70 this fall, is a Canada-born, Chicago-based connoisseur of fine art and fine companies. His Consolidated Foods Corp...
Long Step. For Cummings and Consolidated, taking over the best money-maker in the motion-picture industry ($12.8 million earnings last year on revenues of $193.7 million) is a long step. Until this year, Consolidated limited its acquisitions to the food-processing business. The United Artists merger will not only...
Opportunity Broadens. Wall Street is leary of the movie industry because it so often soars and dips on hit movies or bombs. In spite of success, United's price-earnings ratio has stayed low, and its opportunity to grow has been hampered. Now, with financial backing from stronger Consolidated...