Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Training at Los Angeles while he waited to see whether the International Federation would restore his amateur standing at the last minute so that he could compete with fellow Finns, pallid Paavo Nurmi hurt his leg. Dr. Paul Martin, Swiss middle distance star, pronounced it a pulled tendon, ordered complete rest for Nurmi...
Congorilla (Fox) is noteworthy as the first African jungle talking picture. Mr. & Mrs. Martin Johnson have recorded pygmy dialects and drums, the yapping of wild dogs, the yawning of hippopotamuses, lions' rare roars, the whooshing of thousands of flamingo wings, the slithering of crocodiles along wet rocks, the Martin Johnsons' phonograph playing jazz. There is little pretense of danger. Audiences still shift in their seats when two tons of horny rhinoceros rush at the camera, but the statistical safety of the man or woman with the gun makes the thrill meretricious. More valid is the leisurely charm...
Although barographs had yet to be calibrated for exact measurements, youthful John K. ("Jack") O'Meara of New York and Martin Hermann Schempp of Pittsburgh shone as individual stars. In their sailplanes both pilots soared 68 mi. into Pennsylvania, O'Meara landing in the midst of a Girl Scout camp. The previous U. S. airline distance record was 10.9 mi., held by famed Hawley Bowlus. The world record of 136.8 mi. is Germany's. For altitude O'Meara's apparent 5,000 ft. was surpassed by Schempp's 5,400 ft. (world record: Austria...
...three prime differences between his magazine and Macfadden's: 1) Children's Magazine will be sold not on newsstands, but exclusively in Kresge and Kress chainstores (like his Modern Screen, Modern Romances); 2) it will not be edited by the wife of a famed politician but by "John Martin," editor of John Martin's Book ("The Child's Magazine"); 3) it will not be addressed to parents, with advice on infant-raising, but to readers aged 5 to 8. Explained Publisher Delacorte: "It's supposed to entertain them, not make 'em eat spinach...
Publisher Delacorte believes that mass entertainment of very small children has been neglected by U. S. publishing. John Martin's Book, selling for 50¢ a copy (circulation 23,000) and Child Life at 35¢ (166,000) are too expensive for most U. S. families. Children's Magazine will sell for 10?...