Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hopes that Mr. Daniels and Mrs. Thomas may find some consolement in this: My four April issues of TIME were delivered on May 26 and they have been coming in this manner since December. Just keep throwing TIME in the mailbag each week and I'll thank you for it no matter when it finds...
...Douglas. Aircraft Co.'s gargoyle-like cartoon character, "The Tokio Kid." Created as part of the company's drive to reduce tool breakage and waste, the Kid appears on posters that show broken drills, cracked cogwheels, mixed-up rivets, piles of scrap. "Bust tool make soooo happy, thank you," is the main theme of his left-handed sentiments...
...York Yankees' famed outfield has been hitting a piddling .249. Nevertheless, last week the Bombers were leading the American League by seven and a half games. The player they could thank for this was right-handed Pitcher Ernie Bonham, called Tiny because he stands 6 ft. 2 in., weighs 215 Ib. Last week Tiny chalked up his seventh victory in a row-four of them shutouts...
Boston Hearstling Francis K. Reilly, a handy man around City Hall, is not one to neglect the boss's interests. But the Hearst press did not thank Reporter Reilly last week for his latest favor...
...movers of mass merchandise have a really legitimate gripe. Personally, while still not 40, I have created and directed the advertising which has sold billions of dollars worth of food products. Yet letters of application to OFF, OPA, WPB, etc., bring either no reply or a polite "Thank you for your offer of service during the present emergency. We will keep you in mind." Letters to the Army and Naval Reserve bring forth the same reply. Incidentally, no commission was requested, and I don't mean the 15% variety. Recruiting offices? They advise a man with a wife...