Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...office, if not with the critics, Margaret's tour was a considerable success. Her estimated take (from which she had to pay her secretary, manager and accompanist); Fort Worth, $2,500; Oklahoma City, close to $4,000; Memphis, $2,150; Hollywood, close to $1,000; Pittsburgh, about $5,000; Amarillo, about...
...Trial. In Pittsburgh, Kaiser-Frazer dealers were offering new cars on a trial basis. The terms: $200 down and $100 monthly "rental" for six months. At the end of that time, the customer can return the car. If he keeps it, the rent is applied on the purchase price...
Teamwork. In Pittsburgh, five months after somebody stole a purse (and $8) which Mrs. Elizabeth Williams left on a counter-and two months after somebody stole another purse (and $10) which Mrs. Williams left on a counter-somebody stole a purse (and $182) which Mrs. Williams left on a counter...
...Pittsburgh's "Carnegie" is the biggest U.S. art show; the "Chicago Annual" ranks second. That's the way it has been for the past 50 years. Last week Chicago, tired of running second, put on a provocative show that was certainly the biggest and strangest of its kind. There was hardly a recognizable landscape or embraceable nude to be seen. Said one headline: WITCHES' ORGY COVERS ART INSTITUTE WALLS. The directors of Chicago's usually middle-of-the-road Art Institute had gone all out with a survey of abstract and surrealist...
Rejects. In Pittsburgh, Ronald L. Hale escaped an auto smash-up with slight injuries, one embarrassment: he was knocked right out of his pants. In Jerome, Idaho, David Detweiler, in an accidental brush with a potato-digging machine, suffered no injury at all but was picked clean of everything but his shoes & socks...