Word: gretsch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. John Jacob Astor III, 32, outsized second son of the late Colonel Astor (drowned on the Titanic in 1912); and Gertrude Gretsch, 21, Manhattan post-debutante; he for the second time; in Manhattan...
Priorities on clay, the usual ocarina material, are no difficulty. "Sweet potatoes" shaped out of plastic have the added advantage of being practically unbreakable. Since Pearl Harbor, sales of plastic ocarinas have skyrocketed. Biggest manufacturer, the Fred. Gretsch Mfg. Co. of Chicago and Brooklyn, now sells some 250,000 to 300,000 a year...