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...only Big Train; at the plate the one & only Bambino, the greatest pitcher of all time v. the greatest swatter of them all. Between the first and second games of a war-chest doubleheader- New York Yankees v. Washington Senators-Walter Perry Johnson (54) and George Herman ("Babe") Ruth (47) stepped out of the Hall of Fame this week to take one last crack at each other...
Insecticides are now rationed, like any other scarce commodity. Farmers come first, hospitals next. As usual, the ordinary householder comes last. To householders pestered by roaches and flies, a WPB official offered this advice: "Hit them with a fly swatter like your grandmother did. This is war!" Fly swatters, wheiher made of rubber or metal, will soon be scarce, too (TIME, April...
...rugs and draperies, how to arrange furniture in a room, how to balance knick-knacks on a mantelpiece and food on a plate, how to dress tastefully, how to fix flowers, frame pictures, choose men's clothes, how to spot a good thing, from a well-designed fly swatter to a well-planned city. Its pages fairly bulge with pictures of good v. bad taste...
...hailed the "best lightweight since Benny Leonard," Sweetwater planned to put Jenkins' picture on the town's official stationery, and the new champion was fixing to buy a ranch with the $10,000 he had earned in seven minutes. "Bring on Henry Armstrong next," drawled the Sweetwater Swatter, itching to get his anvil-strong hands on the welterweight (147 Ib.) champion. "In 30 rounds, Armstrong couldn't knock out the boy ah knocked out in three, so ah ought to do all right with Henry," he added...
Pittsfield, Mass, Oct. 3--A cow's tail is worth $50, Berkshire County Commissioners decided in upholding a damage suit brought by Mark Drumm of Stockbridge against the owner of a dog that chewed the bossy's fly swatter off. The Commissioners agreed with Drumm that insect annoyance after loss of the fail reduced the cow's value as a milk given...