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Frank L. Stanton Jr. of Atlanta. Ga. was the "little fellow" spoken of in the song written by his father Frank L. Stanton. for many years a contributing editor to the Atlanta Constitution. Frank junior, an executive in a furniture concern, was driving to Jacksonville, Fla. with his wife and 5-year-old daughter. Dorothy. The car struck a bridge abutment and burst into flames. Mrs. Stanton was killed instantly, her husband died a few hours later. The child was uninjured...
...announcement last week of the final pacification of Libya was a matter of great concern to France. Stirred were old Franco-Italian rivalries focusing on the north coast of Africa. France's rich fertile Tunis is only 90 miles from the tip of Italy's island, Sardinia. There are more Italians living in French Tunis than in Italian Libya which is, for the most part, a barren useless land. The southern boundary of Libya has never been definitely fixed. France has avoided the question for years by insisting that since Italy could not control the territory she already...
...making rubber out of sewage. Vastly successful at this enterprise, he is presently discomforted to learn that the inventor, upon whose formulas the company's production plans depend, has disappeared. He is even more discomforted when the inventor reappears and proves himself to be a lunatic. While manipulating his concern, Powell is harassed by the incompetence of his staff, a fat Hebrew whom he names Col. Ginsberg (George Sidney) and a suave dummy president equipped with frock coat and toupe (Guy Kibbee), and by the justified suspicions of an attractive brunette (Evelyn Brent), whom he is prepared to marry...
...more concern to executives than copywriters is Macy's stand on cash and prices. Famed are the merchandising wars caused in the past by Macy's offer to undersell each & every rival by at least 6%. Lately the store, under pounding from the Better Business Bureau, has made a slight retreat. The once unreserved boast now reads: "It is a Macy policy to sell its merchandise for at least 6% less than it could if it did not sell exclusively for cash...
...what I say about it is mostly what I gathered by observation. The work done there comprises such odd duties as writing an advertisers copy for him, seeing that the printers use the correct and most attractive type, carrying on correspondence with national houses, and dickering with advertising concerns in re-contracts with their clients. Securing local advertising is, of course, one of the major tasks; there are also the routine duties of office work and collecting copy. All the clerical work is done by a permanent secretary. The main advantage to be gained is, of course, the ability...