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...Handyman. In Woodbury, N.J., the ad placed by a "young man, 36" in the Help Available column of the local newspaper offered to "do anything from breaking into Fort Knox to pushing your mother-in-law out the window...
Four years later, in Number One, Dos Passos picked up the story of Glenn's brother, Tyler, who lost his soul through power-hungry cynicism. After working as political handyman for a hillbilly demagogue, Tyler found himself as defeated in America as Glenn had been in Spain...
Almost every handyman-around-the-house knows "Plumb" hammers and hatchets. Philadelphia's venerable Fayette R. Plumb, Inc. has been making fine tools since the 1880's, and is proud-and jealous-of its trademark. Not so well known is Los Angeles' Plomb Tool Co. (named after Alphonse Plomb, one of three founders), a much younger firm (founded in 1907). When Plomb applied in 1926 to make its name a trademark, Plumb promptly squawked in court. The result was a deal in which Plomb agreed not to use its name on anything that resembled the famed Plumb...
...that mother could broadcast from wherever she happened to be at the moment. Her first chat would probably be from Paris, where she was going next month to attend the UN conference. Accompanying her as her secretary: grandson Curtis ("Buzz") Boettiger, now 18 and lately an assistant producer (handyman) on radio's Bride & Groom give-away show...
Harry Truman's loyal handyman...