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Then came the now-well-known Hoover review of progress (in dollars) since 1921. But this time the Nominee coined a slogan. He said: "The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage...
Samuel Matthews Vauclain, President of the Baldwin Locomotive Works (Philadelphia). Reason: "Full dinner pail...
...time we demanded for our workers a 'full dinner pail.' We have now gone far beyond that conception. Today we demand larger comfort and greater participation in life and leisure...
...harness, his hands encased in mittens that were sewn to his sleeves, tied to a chair by a rope of which the knots were sealed with wax, concealing no instruments, he was placed behind a curtain. In front of the curtain was a table on which were placed a pail of hot paraffin, a bucket of water, a pencil and a sheet of paper with three names for identification. When the room was darkened, Conjurer Dunninger caused the paper to be snatched away and returned it with this phrase inscribed upon it: "A word from Houdini." Then there protruded from...
...Rhodes of Manhattan did the next best thing: tackled 23-year-old Negro Edward Burnett, extinguished the flames with his own uniform overcoat. Negro Burnett, taken to the Harlem Hospital in a critical condition, said that he had been sleeping quietly on a doorstep until another Negro poured a pail of kerosene...