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...first National A.A.U. Track & Field Championships held in the South since 1914. (The A.A.U. arranged for a special Pullman car to San Antonio, so their Negro contestants would not have to ride in Jim Crow cars.) The only new world's record set at San Antonio: burly ex-Coast Guardsman Bob Fitch of Minnesota hurled the discus 179 ft. ⅛ in., bettering Italian Adolfo Consolini's mark by more than four feet...
...wasn't satisfied that Pressed Steel had again become the third largest freight car manufacturer in the U.S. (numbers 1 & 2: American Car & Foundry; Pullman, Inc.), or that it had $42 million in car orders on hand, expected soon to be producing cars at the rate of 120 a day. Said Murphy: "Selling to railroads means either feast or famine. I'd rather have 50 million potential customers than a handful...
This week Iturbi is auditioning musicians, 40 at a time, for his new 96-piece Iturbi Symphony Orchestra which he will take on tour this summer. He will conduct from the keyboard while playing Liszt and Beethoven concertos. The Iturbi orchestra will fill six Pullman cars, a baggage car and a private car. Said Iturbi: "Details are carried out by my managers. I'm just interested in the idea . . . I'm not interested in the difficulties...
...your high-powered fact-finding sensation mongers would like to visit this "sleepier" town, the Chamber of Commerce will pay your fare here & return by Pullman or plane, feed you on Southern fried chicken and hickory-cured Kentucky ham with all the trimmings, and, what is more, we'll even try to wear our shoes while you are here...
...lives on a scale befitting his eminence. There is an organ in his $50,000 lakeshore house near Cleveland. Outside, a small herd of deer and a covey of pheasants cavort on the grounds. His recreation room is equipped with Pullman berths for visiting union brothers...