Word: maras
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...expensive tie. His wife thought the tie was awful. She said she could make a better tie herself,† Dared by her husband, she did-and he was proud to wear it. Friends wanted to buy ties like it; Manhattan's Abercrombie & Fitch asked Mrs. Lucilla Mara Whitman to design ties for their customers...
...Whitman, genteel, well-to-do daughter of an Italian countess, did not accept the offer. But after her husband died, she remembered it. Last week, in its small (25 ft. by 35 ft.) but plushy quarters on Manhattan's Park Avenue, Countess Mara, Inc. celebrated its eighth and most opulent anniversary. Since its first birthday, sales (of silk ties only, at $6.50 to $15 each) have increased over 1,400%; they netted $40,155 last year...
Last winter Joseph O'Mara flew to the U.S. with five trial recordings of Christy Lynch's voice. He played them for Howard Barlow, an NBC conductor, and Barlow, in turn, played the records over long-distance telephone for Firestone officials in Akron, Ohio. Practically instantaneous result: a one-year contract with Firestone for Lynch to broadcast on alternate Mondays...
Dudley went through the regular season and the tournament undefeated, led by pitchers Bob Curley and Marty Greeley and sluggers Ed Haley and Dave Bishop. The Gold Coasters had difficulty fielding a regulation sized team during the initial weeks of the campaign, but Coach Dave O'Mara tapped the Varsity resources in his House to come through with a winning nine in the tournament, sparked by hurler Frank Holt who registered two victories against no losses...
Manager Bob Curley may send Marty Greeley to the mound for Dudley after his fine job in relief Tuesday, while Coach Dave O'Mara of the Gold Coasters promises to "come up with a surprise hurler" in the event that Holt is not sufficiently rested to pitch...