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...approaching the operators, Air Ads claims that the advertisements will not only bring in extra revenue, but also: 1) advertising cards, properly framed above the windows, will brighten the cabins; 2) the sight of such cards, with commonplace slogans, will help impress the passenger with the commonplaceness of air travel, relieve him of his first nervousness and his subsequent boredom...
Another statement was that Auburn plants were running on a six-day basis, some departments with night and Sunday shifts. Ninety firms supplying parts for Auburns were electrified by the following telegram from Mr. Faulkner: WE WANT TO IMPRESS UPON YOU THE FACT THAT OUR LINE HAS MET WITH PHENOMENAL ACCEPTANCE AND ORDERS ARE COMING IN SO RAPIDLY THAT THE SITUATION WILL BE SERIOUS IF WE ARE UNABLE TO MAKE DELIVERIES DUE TO SHORTAGE OF MATERIALS...
stamps. His past prison recon failed to impress investors so much as the fact that he had a great new home in Lexington, Mass, and slept in lavender pajamas. To Ponzi's creditors last week were mailed checks representing ½% of their claims. This payment, the last, made a total of 37½% paid since the first attempt were made to unravel Ponzi's wrecked web, destruction of which brought down several Boston trust companies. Charles Ponzi is now in Boston State Prison. In 1920 he was sent to a Federal penitentiary for using the mails to defraud...
...That doesn't impress me," responded the guard...
...funerals continue extravagant, the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care reminded the country last week. Original investigation occurred three years ago. Reasons for extravagance: 1) the family wants to show respect, satisfy conventions, or "impress the neighbors"; 2) the funeral industry is wasteful and unorganized. Funerals cost least in the South, most in the East. Cheapest are Orthodox Jewish funerals (a pit, a plain, loose casing), average cost...