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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Waring profile is sagging slightly, but the Waring temperament is as sharp as ever. "I'm a perfectionist," explains Fred in his twangy Pennsylvania Tone-Syllables. He can make the claim as both showman and businessman. The Waring Corp. (whose Waring Mixer is a U.S. kitchen and barroom standby) is still doing nicely. So are the Waring Musical Library, the Shawnee Press (which sells the Waring choral arrangements), concert bookings, recordings. All told, the Waring enterprises gross the Maestro "at least" $2 million a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Waring Mixture | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

Time for Fun. Though Brazilians in particular still thought they had better keep a sharp eye for new Argentine tricks, most delegates now looked forward to a smooth-sailing conference that would leave time for fun in Rio. But hospitable Rio was not quite ready for its guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Rolling Down to Rio | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

...fans, Movie Star Gene Autry is a far-from-rich but happy-go-lucky cowboy who spends most of his time tracking down sharp-dealing businessmen to their dude-ranch lairs. Few of them know that the big star of modern Westerns is also one of the busiest businessmen in the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cowboy in Clover | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

...Summer Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Mozart's Paris Symphony, Copland's Corral Nocturne and Hoe Down, Dohnányi's Suite in F-sharp Minor. Conductor: Milton Katims (see Music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Aug. 11, 1947 | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

...deal was managed by Hugh R. Sharp Jr., 37, cheerful, stolid son of the late Isabelle du Pont Sharp (sister of Irénée, Lammot and Pierre). Though Sharp, who shares Uncle Pierre's Wilmington office, minimized his family's holdings in Butler Bros, ("a good deal less than 10%"), there was no mistaking who was in the saddle. Sharp, who joined the Butler board early this year, last week persuaded President Thomas B. Freeman, 60, to kick himself upstairs into the board chairmanship. In as president went G. Robert Herberger, a handsome, hustling merchandiser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Enter the Du Ponts | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

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