Word: macfadden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan, Publisher Bernarr ("Body Love") Macfadden had a hot tip on the presidency in 1952: "I see very clearly that the truly American and conservative Democrat Judge Harold R. Medina [is] headed for the White House...
Bernarr ("Body Love") Macfadden, determined pursuer of the vitamin-filled life, had no such qualms. He not only celebrated his 81st birthday by making a parachute jump at Dansville, N.Y., but got in a plug for rich, natural foods. He snapped: "You could never jump with a parachute at 81 if you consumed that damned white flour...
Hearts v. Chests. The trend was so terrific that some of the old-style confession magazines confessed that they were in trouble. Macfadden Publications, biggest tell-all in the business (True Story, True Romance, Experiences), refused to convert to the new comic format when Fawcett did. Thereupon the bottom dropped out of Macfadden's market: after netting $224,883 in the first quarter of 1949, it reported a second-quarter loss of $11,635. Admitted Macfadden's Dwight Yellen: "No doubt about it-the confession comics have hurt our field...
...Happy Few Physical Cultist Bernarr ("Body Love") Macfadden, 80, who keeps the public posted on his sustained "Adam Power," took his annual physical for renewal of his airplane pilot's license. Marveled the doctor...
...same meeting Saturday three vice presidents were elected to serve one year terms. There are Robert P. MacFadden '26, New York banker; John Tomajan '14, president of the Washburn Company of Worcester; and Bayard L. Kilgour, Jr. '27, president of the Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company...