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Elected Mayor of Philadelphia last week by a thumping 64,197 majority: short, swart Bernard ("Barney") Samuel, 63, self-made South Philadelphia ward heeler who rose in the Republican machine from doorbell-ringer to mayor. Rejected: sophisticated, billiard-bald Main Liner William C. Bullitt, 52, native of genteel Rittenhouse Square, pre-Munich New Deal Ambassador to the U.S.S.R..and to France...
Meanwhile decorators and Technicolorists indulge in rich reproductions of Delmonico's restaurant, the Hotel Brevoort, Barney's, a beer garden. There is also much dancing, and singing of such deathless ditties as Rosie, Waiting at the Church, Two Little Girls in Blue, plus the new catchy Goin' to the County Fair and the sure-fire My Heart Tells Me (which Miss Grable, enjoying her first bath on the screen, sings from a tall wooden bathtub...
...Board Adolph Zukor: "It is a great picture, without political significance. We are not for or against anybody." Says Director Sam Wood: "It is a love story against a brutal background. It would be the same love story if they were on the other side." Says Paramount President Barney Balaban: "We don't think it will make any trouble...
...game was known as kittenball among Chicago's early devotees. Other things that Patron Wrigley objected to were the unladylike costumes affected by the players and the undignified names their sponsors tagged on them - such as Slapsie. Maxie's Curvaceous Cuties, the Num Num Pretzel Girls, Barney Ross's Adorables and the Dr. Pepper Girls of Miami Beach...
...last man." Mr. Bunshaft, "Why didn't you mention my name last week in the column ... I need more publicity." Mr. Charpiot, "You should see the view of the country jail from our apartment." Mr. Al Harrison. "I had a straight flush but he still outdid me." Mr. Barney, "I've been trying to figure out how I can get 10 percent for the house." Mr. Harry Muff, "Have you heard the one about the traveling salesman ..." Mr. Chiddister, "Why did I apply for a commission ... life was sure wonderful at Great Lakes." Mr. Baldwin, "The is placed before...