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...York Daily Mirror revealed, for the first time, the official findings of her autopsy. An overdose of heroin killed her. The Daily Mirror's article was a piece of journalistic enterprise designed to vex the publishers of the New York Daily News, its rival, and of the nickel weekly Liberty. For Liberty the week before had commenced a vivid, sympathetic biography of Jeanne Eagels, "genius and drunkard?artist and hellion?poet and devil?she battled to the stars!'' Liberty's article said she died of a dose, not an overdose, of chloral hydrate, not heroin. The distinction: heroin...
Readers of Liberty, nickel-weekly, last week found "JOYRIDE, A Story of Love ?and Wings," by Alicia Patterson. Opening lines: "Laura Withers was bored. Not the casual brand of boredom that smart women like to wear. But a stifling boredom. . . ." Editor's blurb: "... A young writer with experience as a newspaper reporter, known to readers of Liberty through her articles on hunting, fishing and flying. This time she has turned to fiction." Omitted from blurb: She is the attractive socialite daughter of Captain Joseph Medill Patterson, who divides with his cousin, Colonel Robert Rutherford McCormick, management of Liberty, Chicago...
Largest Percentage Gainer: Radio Keith; with Radio Corp., Grigsby-Grunow, International Nickel as runners...
...Lorillard Co. Old Golds are said to be paying for themselves now, and Lorillard is concentrating on this brand and the 5? Rocky Ford cigar (When It's Got the Stuff a Nickel's Enough). While the trend toward a few popular brands has helped Old Golds, it has hurt Lorillard's onetime large business in Turkish cigarets (Helmar, Deities, Mogul, Murad). Officials estimate that 1930 earnings will be more than the $1,336,656 of last year, which would be the first increase in five years...
...remarkable feature of this meteor", continues Professor Luyten, "is that it felt cool, in spite of the tropical sun almost overhead, which made the surrounding limestone unpleasantly hot to touch. It is said that this meteor is not magnetic. The results of the chemical analysis show 17.42 per cent nickel and 81.29 per cent iron. This is an unusually high proportion of nickel. It is not surprising, therefore, that the meteor is extremely hard and especially tough. Investigation with a file led to the estimate that this nickel-iron alloy compares in hardness with the hardest steel used on railroads...