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...though the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey show has traded atmosphere for oomph, its exhibits are much the same as ever. There are no longer any tumbling Japs; but 600-lb., 12-year-old Gargantua is still on display in the basement. The sad, crummy-looking clowns still provoke mirth. Massimilliano Truzzi still juggles flaming torches; the Wallendas ride a bicycle tandem on the high wire; the Flying Concellos do their breathless, double-and-triple-somersault flying leaps; the lions & tigers look simultaneously ferocious and bored; the trained seals render My Country, 'Tis of Thee; and the band still...
...claimed it was made from fatty sulfur compounds, sold it for prices ranging from $25 to $300 a thimbleful. Since cancer is not caused by bacteria but is an anarchy of the body's own cells, a cancer antitoxin is a contradiction in terms. Last week the Koch Bros, were arrested for violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Their brew was found watery. Said Assistant U.S. Attorney John C. Ray: "Chemical analysis shows that the dilution [of Glyoxylide] is so infinitesimal that it would be like dumping a cocktail in the Detroit River and expecting...
...Copyright 1942 by Green Bros; & Knight...
Filene's in Boston installed three "Slack Bars." Detroit's J. L. Hudson was forced to open a Trouser Shop for Women. In Chicago, Marshall Field's, The Fair, and Goldblatt Bros, (seven stores) reported trouser sales from five to ten times greater than last year's, and zooming all the time. Countrywide sales average 500% over all previous records...
Sued for Divorce. Circusman Henry Ringling North, vice president of Ringling Bros.; by Ada Mae North; in Sarasota...