Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dated Dec. 27, 1930 Public Offering Jan. 10, 1931 Interest commencing Dec. 27, 1930, and steadily increasing toward maturity. Non-callable for a few years. Free from taxes by Railroad, Steamship and Street Car Companies until 1936. REGISTRAR: Bureau of Vital Statistics...
...medal "for distinguished contemporary service to advertising" had been awarded to Frederick Kendall, Publisher of Advertising & Selling. Had the reasons for the award not been announced, the profession could have guessed that they were: "For having the courage to open the pages of his magazine to controversial subjects of vital importance to advertising and presenting both sides fairly; for attacking the use of paid testimonials which were endangering the whole fabric of advertising; and for founding Advertising Arts, thereby presenting a medium for the expression of art in business...
...Undoubtedly the fact that Mr. Villard was himself once a newspaperman has something to do with this. At any rate this re-print of the series of articles that were published in the Nation last summer is decidedly well-worth a second reading by persons interested in the immensely vital problem of the press of this country--its present state and its trends...
Assistant Secretary Ingalls' immediate interest was the part as an air scout to be played by the Los Angeles which he boarded to observe the maneuvers. In her performance he saw a vital experiment which would influence the Navy's whole policy on lighter-than-aircraft development. Said he: "We know the Los Angeles will never be effective as a war instrument. If she does not show up very well we won't be surprised but if she is able to do anything, we'll be tickled to death...
...Kendall, publisher of "Advertising and Selling," was awarded a gold medal for distinguished Contemporary Service to advertising. He earned the medal by his courage in opening his magazine to controversial subjects of vital importance to advertising, and for presenting both sides fairly; for attacking the use of paid testimonials, and for founding "Advertising Arts," thereby presenting a medium for the expression of art in business. The second biggest prize winner was the firm of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, Inc., which won two $1,000 prizes, one of which was for the Electrolux Refrigerator Sales, Inc. Illustrating effective...