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...Merwil Publishing Co., Nuregal Publishing Co. and Culture Publications, proprietors of eleven of the barred magazines, went to court for a different reason. They asked an injunction against the commissioner's order on the grounds that he was jeopardizing a thriving business. The smut business has boomed since the Depression because news dealers who once would not handle that sort of stuff will now sell anything which will put a few pennies in the till. It was revealed that of the average 50.000 circulation of the suspect magazines, 10% were sold in New York. Price: 25? a copy...
Indignantly declared Merwil's Publisher Harry Donenfeld, whose line includes La Parce, Gay Parisienne, Spicy Stories, Pep: "Take books like God's Little Acre and Ulysses. The courts have maintained that there's nothing obscene in them. They really describe life...
Last week the new owner and the future of the Police Gazette were revealed. The owner is Merwil Publishing Co. consisting of Irving & Harry Donenfeld and Mrs. Merle Williams Hersey. Merwil Publishing Co. issues five of the smuttiest magazines on the newsstands-Snappy, Spicy, Gay Parisienne, La Paree, Pep. They consist of sleazy stories, drawings and "art study" photographs of undressed females. Mrs. Hersey edits them...
Last week the new owner and the future of the Police Gazette were revealed. The owner is Merwil Publishing Co. consisting of Irving & Harry Donenfeld and Mrs. Merle Williams Hersey. Merwil Publishing Co. issues five of the smuttiest magazines on the newsstands-Snappy, Spicy, Gay Parisienne, La Paree, Pep. They consist of sleazy stories, drawings and "art study" photographs of undressed females. Mrs. Hersey edits them...
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