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...even in those days of well curried whiskers and dapper costumes, Max Keezer had his predecessor, one "Poco" Bennet. "Max is a nicer fellow than Poco, though," reminisced Mr. Taylor, "Poco never used to crack a smile...
More conscious was Hearstian Humorist Arthur ("Bugs") Baer's attempt to be funny. Sample crack...
...night last week the small ballroom of Manhattan's Hotel Pennsylvania oozed cigar smoke at every crack. Cigar makers, wholesalers and dealers were gathered to ponder the plight of the U. S. cigar. As they all well knew, production had fallen from the all-time high of 8,304,000,000 cigars in 1920 to 4,344,700,000 in 1933. Even with the recent rise of the 5? cigar, production last year was only 4,763,900,000. The cigar men had gathered to hear Joseph Kolodny, onetime chairman of the NRA code authority for the wholesale tobacco...
...like to stay long enough to flirt in each country to test the man of each place is what I like during . . . but I am auful foxie." What adventures Juanita tells about were mostly connected with men. Sometimes she outran them. Sometimes she had to hand them a good crack on the jaw. Sometimes they hit her back. ("He ask another man if I was French and tryed to hold my hand I got angry and Hit Him in the Face and quick as litning He hit me in the Face . . . that was my first fight, and the only ungentleman...
More significant to standard U. S. railroading is the development of better service on regular trains. Having long since taken the extra-fare charge off its crack all-Pullman Los Angeles Limited, U. P. will next week begin operating The Challenger between Chicago and Los Angeles. Composed of both "tourist sleepers" (old Pullmans) and coaches, The Challenger will run as a second section of the Los Angeles Limited, make precisely the same time. Fare and Pullman on the Los Angeles Limited between Chicago and Los Angeles is $82.28. Coach fare on The Challenger between the same points will...