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...paintings are inextricably mixed, but Mrs. Logan says that the commonsensical U. S. public will have no trouble picking the sane art from the "faddist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sanity & Mrs. Logan | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

...late, an outstanding Conning Tower contributor has been Adwriter Al Graham ("Ye Oulde Al Graham"), who wrote for F. P. A. a burlesque weekly newsreel continuity. Mr. Adams' own verses have filled several books. His prose has been divided between sane and salty comment on the current U. S. scene, good-humored correction of misquotations and bad grammar by other journalists, and the weekly "Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys," in which most of Manhattan's artists & writers sooner or later received mention. Addicted to punning, F. P. A. credits Dramatist George S. Kaufman with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Conning Tower Down | 3/15/1937 | See Source »

...Arlington Williams of Cannon Mills (towels) who said his company once "seriously considered discontinuing our efforts to sell to department stores." Taking a dig at Manhattan's R. H. Macy & Co. and its perennial price wars with Bloomingdale's and Gimbel's, Towelman Williams declared: "No sane manufacturer likes to have his merchandise used as a football and crowd-getter. Nor does he enjoy the disorderly competition brought about by two and sometimes more stores in a town starting a feud and vowing they will not be undersold. It always seemed to me that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Retailers | 2/1/1937 | See Source »

...Commission complained, the undistributed profits tax was destroying I. C. C.'s safe & sane railroad finance policy by discouraging all U. S. corporations from laying surplus profits by for a rainy day or using them to get out of debt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: I. C. C. v. Congress | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

...very little future in continuing to fight the good fight. This man might have an official position, but his work would naturally be confidential. The ideal man for the job would be one who knew the ins and outs of college life from personal experience; who would give sane advice on anything from religious problems to whether taking a girl to the Yale game means immediate matrimony. The job would be a full-time one, and a really capable man would certainly be a valuable addition to the Harvard community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADVISER EXTRAORDINARY | 1/6/1937 | See Source »

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