Word: tuneful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Simple as a hit tune, deep as our valleys...
...Capsa. The big, swanky outdoor terrace of the Cercul Militar (Army Club), facing the Calea Victoriei, is filled nightly with resplendently uniformed officers and smartly turned-out women. Caviar, juicy steaks, pastries oozing with whipped cream-all verboten in many a war-nervous area-can be ordered to the tune of a gypsy orchestra. In the shops can be bought everything from U. S.-made toothpaste to the finest wines from the King's own vineyards...
Singing "Challedon, my Challedon" (tune of Maryland, My Maryland) 25,000 hoarse-voiced fans saluted the Horse of the Year, a worthy successor to Seabiscuit and War Admiral. It looked as if young Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt had chirped a mouthful...
...Nowhere into the here came Big Steel (which Economist Roberts rates as an industrial group by itself) converting a $12,000,000 deficit to a $12,000,000 profit. Steel's third quarter report last week showed its Cinderella common stock back in the black to the tune of $10,420,445-47? a common share, and showed $5.16 operating profit per ton shipped; it is operating at close to 90%. Even more spectacular was the record of Bethlehem Steel, which makes money at a lower rate of operations than its big brother, which is now operating at full...
...many books have been written. But the man who just likes to sing in the bathtub or twang a lick on the jew's-harp has never had a book to tell him where to go from there. Such a book was published last week by long-nosed "Tune Detective" Sigmund Spaeth...