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This time Franklin Roosevelt did not hit the jackpot. By the end of 1929 citizens who still had a nickel were keeping their hands in their pockets. Camco went into receivership in 1934. Its investors lost millions. Director Roosevelt had resigned (in the fall of 1928) to run for Governor of New York. For the time being the Roosevelt interest in slot machines waned, and almost undisputed kingpin of the U. S. slot and vending machine trade (pinball games, crackerjack machines, juke boxes) was once more Chicago's Mills Novelty...
...risk-laden as coins in a slot machine are Hollywood's top-budget pictures. Occasionally one hits the jackpot. Birth of a Nation hit it for the industry's all-time box-office gross: over $15,000,000 (in 25 years). Big Parade, Ben Hur hit it for over $10,000,000 each. Snow White hit it for better than $8,000,000 to date, is still going strong. But no picture ever grossed so much in so short a time as Gone With the Wind...
...exhibit of Pre-Columbian Art is still being shown in Fogg, and even those who are uninterested in art are urged to see it. This, coupled with the modern print collection, is ample indication that the Museum has finally hit the jackpot...
Died. Zane Grey, 64, best-selling romancer of the open range, record-holding deep-sea angler; of coronary thrombosis; in Altadena, Calif. Native of Zanesville, Ohio (named after his family), former dentist, former baseball player, he had to publish his first book himself, hit the jackpot with Riders of the Purple Sage, turned out 37 novels in 35 years-for over 15,-ooo.ooo readers...
...songwriter cannot make as much money out of a war as a munitions manufacturer. But if he hits the jackpot, he can do pretty well. (Songwriter George M. Cohan's Over There sold 2,000,000 copies during World War I.) Soldiers are choosy about their songs. By last week British tunesmiths had turned out a tremendous stack of war songs, were waiting to see which ones would click. Most of these musical munitions were rousing, morale-boosting ditties (The Handsome Territorial, The Girl Who Loves a Soldier, We Must All Stick Together, Here We Go Again...