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...brainchild of Robert Waters, son of the company's president and nephew of the founder. He already has more than 300 leased cars on the road, and is averaging 75 new leases a week. Under Waters' plan, the lessee gets a brand-new car with radio and heater for a $50 deposit, pays an average rental of $72 a month, tax deductible if the car is used for business. Waters picks up the tab for repairs and servicing. The car user pays only for insurance (collision and liability), gas and oil. After 18 months, by which time...
...Kind. In Sidcup, England, Mrs. Annie Skinner willed to Norman Butler, who had done her plumbing free, her bathtub, sink and water heater...
...Manhattan's General Radiant Heater Co. produced a new type of electric radiant heating system, including a portable heater that looks like a 2 ft. by 3 ft. panel of plywood or marble. Price of the portable panel: $19.95. The panel, which is actually of asbestos imbedded with wires, radiates a 135-160° heat when plugged into a light socket. To heat a house, panels can be built into the walls and covered with specially treated paint or wallpaper...
...market. It unveiled the Rambler, * a small (100-inch wheelbase), trim, five-passenger convertible with an 82-h.p. motor. Most notable feature: the top does not fold down but slides down through heavy steel side-rails like the top of a rolltop desk. The price: $1,808, including radio, heater and air-conditioner, about $300 less than the bigger Ford and Chevrolet convertibles with similar equipment...
...throngs on the floor and in the galleries, dinner was deftly served. To the unconcealed awe of all, the filet mignon was hot when it arrived. The food had been prepared in the kitchens of the Mayflower and Statler Hotels and had been rushed to the armory in special heater-equipped trucks. An army of 625 waiters was on hand to serve it. The serving-men were drilled as meticulously as a troop of light cavalry and they were controlled by an intricate traffic-light system: when the lights turned red, they retired from the floor; when the lights flashed...