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Sitting on a hosiery patent infringement suit, Bachelor-Associate Justice James Clark McReynolds asked: "What does 'full-fashioned' mean?" Answered Benedict-Associate Justice Owen Josephus Roberts: "It means that a stocking is made to fit the contours of the leg."
With winter coming on, stores in many a northern community were last week stocking up on skiing equipment. Meanwhile impatient skiers who wanted to study an example of extraordinary skill in downhill running had only to look at U. S. stock markets. At the start of last week stock prices...
Wild Animal World starts out with two chapters entitled: "First Catch Your Animal," and "-And Feed Him Well," by Dr. Ditmars and Mr. Bridges respectively. Most zoo animals nowadays are caught by and bought from professional collectors who make a business of knowing just what each zoo needs and how...
Adman and Author Bruce Barton entered unopposed the Republican primaries for a by-election for Congress in New York's silk-stocking 17th District. Said he: "The 17th pays a tremendous slice of the nation's tax bill. . . . Any nickel-in-the-slot district in the South or...
Next to the politicians, the silk stocking group which usually supports Fusion candidates liked him least, for Mayor La-Guardia has not good manners. Short, swart and tousled, with a minimum of neck and a maximum of torso, he takes off his rumpled coat and leans back in his big...