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When men's summer suits made out of new synthetic fabrics appeared last y»ar, they were little more than a novelty. Supplies, from the pilot plants first built by the big chemical companies (Du Pont, Union Carbide, etc.), were so limited that few customers could get suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Synthetic Surge | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

Unscientific Method. This is exactly what the late Edgar James Helms had in mind when he founded Goodwill Industries. In 1902 Helms, a young Methodist preacher, sent out an appeal to Bostonians for cast-off clothing to give to the poor in the South End slums. He called his drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Enterprise of the Heart | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

At week's end both sides were resting on their pens. Whether or not the Anglican Book of Common Prayer should be revised, all could agree that it was some time since it had been. Even the oldest communicant couldn't quite remember when. And for a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Uncommon Language | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

At this point For Men Only dilutes its story with such exagerated side-plots as the attempt of Omega Nu's president to trump up a morals charge against the professor. But in the course of this sidetrack, we get a picture of the college administration performing various acrobatic hush...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: For Men Only | 2/5/1952 | See Source »

"It's getting so that anyone is just a damned fool to buy anything at retail," said James Shea, a big Dallas electric-appliance distributor. Shea, like many another U.S. appliance jobber, is finding that more & more of his business is coming from "discount houses" which offer everything from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Get It Wholesale | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

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