Word: thrifting
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...Foreign Policies and certainly a lot of New Taxes." In the process, the U.S. is forgetting some of the "Old Virtues"-the virtues "of religious faith . . . of integrity and the whole truth . . . of incorruptible service and honor in public office . . . of economy in government, of self-reliance and thrift...
...over Italy, it seemed, people knew of "Frank's Barber Shop, 629 Westchester Ave., The Bronx, New York, U.S.A." Francesco toiled to answer them. To get old clothes he plagued his friends, neighbors, customers, the men at the station house; he haunted Salvation Army stores and the Jewish thrift shop. He sent every cent he could possibly spare...
celebrates - in her own way - her own birthday. Her 2000th! From the cutting of her huge cake, with its hundred score of candles, 'til the last skyrocket blazes to heaven in late autumn, there's never been such a party. Why not plan to come in the "thrift season" (the spring or fall) ? There's something doing all the time! Paris is scintillating-for it's a very special time . . . Read the varied program of events here -and plan to come. Write us now for booklets...
...tenderfoot" badge and a plastic bank shaped to look like their hero. As their savings grow, so will their rank-from "wrangler" (a $10 account) to "Bar 20 Foreman" ($500). For all this, the bank paid Cassidy a set fee: 50? per new account plus $1 for the thrift kit. In four days the Citizens' National, Georgia's largest bank, reported more than 1,000 new savings accounts, prepared to expand the club to its 14 branches in other cities. Elsewhere in the U.S., some 200 other banks had started the savings clubs, turning some 196,000 little...
...into every airplane, every ticket office, every hangar and every repair shop, but, in time, left an embodiment of himself in all of them through a series of posters. These bear a picture of him, the words "Captain Eddie Says:"-and various Rickenbacker-ish homilies on the value of thrift, safety and patriotism. Some of his employees refer to the poster picture as Big Brother-but they all respect...