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...directly at his opponent, Mayor Bernard Samuel. Dilworth charged that 67-year-old Barney Samuel, a city payroller since 1903, tolerated bookmaking even at City Hall. He charged that City Hall workers and some merchants are annually dunned to buy the mayor a birthday present-e.g., a station wagon and a motorboat. Under Samuel, said Dilworth, a police inspector could easily pick up $30,000 a year in graft-and some inspectors were doing it. As for solving the city's acute sewage, parking, paving, housing and airport problems, the mayor has not even come close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: Street-Corner Crusade | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

Hoping to catch the custom of the thrifty, Mooney last week announced two new models in his "jeep" line. One of them, a station-wagon sedan, is a slicked-up version of the present jeep station wagon. It will sell for $1,825, f.o.b. Toledo, and will come out around Jan. i. The other is an eye-catching jeep "convertible" (see cut), which Willys plans to put on the market next spring at the price of the cheapest Ford or Chevrolet (this would be about $1,200, f.o.b. Toledo). The convertible is actually a touring car. It has no windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Jeep Steps Out | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

Acting on his advice, the girls put in a call to police headquarters, and shortly thereafter five officers arrived in a two-way radio car and a patrol wagon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pajama Clad Girls Flee Harvard Man Perched Upon Cabot Balcony | 10/15/1947 | See Source »

...condition, he won't be much help, in telling us himself." remarked one, as the wagon rolled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pajama Clad Girls Flee Harvard Man Perched Upon Cabot Balcony | 10/15/1947 | See Source »

Last week Curtis got off the wagon and for the first time decided to accept liquor ads, but only in 20-month-old Holiday. It has a different kind of readership from its more sedate Curtis sisters-and a different-looking balance sheet. Said President Fuller: "To add this new classification . . . will increase Holiday's serviceability both to its advertisers and readers." It might also help Curtis put money-losing Holiday in the black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: What'll It Be, Gents? | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

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