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Author of the new process is Bryan $1.95; De Pinna; Himelock's; Frost Bros. Full scale production will not begin before the new year, but a few sample stockings have been finding their way to the market. The average 'Cliffedweller, however, will probably have to wait until Nylon Georgette reaches the market in quantity before testing the producers' claims and the raves of all the latest fashion magazines...
...Colossal Effigy. In 1920, John went on one of his most famous rampages. Shortly after he had finished a portrait of Lord Leverhulme, founder of the Lever Bros, soap empire, the canvas was returned with the head cut out of the picture. "I wrote to his Lordship requiring an explanation of this remarkable proceeding . . . I received in return a letter stating that, on finding the picture too large to place in his safe, the owner had cut out what he considered to be the most important part, that is the head . . . As for the remainder, it had been sent back...
...Ring (King Bros.; United Artists) is a simple, straight-forward story of racial discrimination with a harsh setting: a Los Angeles prizefight ring. A young Mexican-American with a chip on his shoulder becomes a boxer "because it pays to be somebody." He turns professional, is badly beaten in the ring, and decides to quit boxing because he comes to realize that there are better ways to fight for respect from the "Anglos...
This week Jarrell gave the company another hearty boost. Old Republic made a deal with Hess Bros, of Allentown, Pa. .to offer policies to its customers on all installment buying, among the first such plans in department-store history. The cost: $1 to $3.20 a year for every $100 of installment credit insured. If the insured dies or is injured so he can't pay, Old Republic will. It also plans to start selling similar installment credit-buying policies in stores throughout...
Sure Thing. In Phoenix. Ariz., Wallace Bros. Circus offered $1.000 to anyone who could stay aboard Tiny Tim, the elephant, for three full minutes, won their wager with two men, a boy and one woman-who sued for $111,000 for injuries...