Word: l
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Postman Rings Twice. In Dallas, a skeptical newsman heard Postman L. F. Wilson complain that he had been bit by a duck, accompanied him to the house, was chased by the duck, saw Wilson nipped again...
...Transamerica Corp., offered to exchange 124,000 shares of Manhattan's National City Bank for the same number of shares in Citizens National. But Herbert Dee Ivey, Citizens National's up-from-messenger president, wanted no part of Giannini domination. He and his brother, Executive Vice-President L. Otis Ivey, persuaded the bank's 21-man board of directors to turn the offer down cold...
Invitation to Learning (Sun. 12 noon, CBS). Poet Edgar Lee Masters (Spoon River Anthology), Yale Professor (of Greek) Eugene O'Neill Jr. and New Republic Editor Malcolm Cowley debate H. L. Mencken's American Language...
...quiet George L. Russell Jr., current up-from-the-ranks president, foresees some trying days ahead. The price of fur, the principal raw material, has almost doubled since the war began. To pay for and operate Mallory, Stetson has to borrow $2,500,000. Nevertheless, convinced that many of the world's heads are still uncovered, Stetson expects that its new investment will keep it in the black...
...Magic Motor"- a toy that is easily assembled by any father who follows the simple directions: "Pass Section F through Slot AA, taking care not to fold tabs behind washers (see Fig. 9). . . . Lock into box shape by inserting tabs C,D,E,F,G,H,I,K, and L into slots C,D,E,F,G,H,I,K, and L. . . ." - "with a bestial oath, I drove a safety pin through them and lashed them to the roof...