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...year ago the F. W. Woolworth Co., 5¢ & 10¢ bazaarists, were doing practically no advertising, But bobbed-haired Catherine McNelis, able president of the McNelis-Weir advertising agency (Manhattan), thought they should. She consulted Woolworth executives, told them of a plan: advertise in magazines, arrange with manufacturers of Woolworth-sold articles to advertise at the same time, the manufacturer to pay for the cost of their pages. Woolworthmen at first turned deaf ears, explained that Woolworth windows were their best advertisements. Miss McNelis persisted, reminded them that 1929 was Woolworth's 50th anniversary, suggested the advertisements be made to look...
Undismayed, last week at the failure (because of a visual defect) of his Candidate Charles E. Weir to pass the physical examination for the U. S. Naval Academy, Congressman De Priest said he would continue to appoint Negroes to fill his district's vacancies in the service schools...
Last week Negro boy Burns failed his mental examination. Negro boy Whitfield failed to appear, but an alternate, Negro boy Charles Edward Weir, passed...
...summary follows: HARVARD 1932 TABOR Holland, r.f. l.g., McBain, Robinson Pattison, l.f. r.g., Welsh Brodie. c. c., Pierce Baskervill, White, r.g. l.f., Weis Bicknell, Moushegian, Weir, l.g. r.f., Clark...
Score--Harvard 38, Tabor 21. Goals from field--Holland 6, Pattison 6, Moushegian 2, Baskervill 2, Bicknell, Brodie, Weir, Clark 4, Weis 4, Pierce. Fouls--Clark, Weis, Pierce, Referee--Swaffield. Timekeeper--Malick. Time--four ten-minute periods...