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...down into the canyon below the dam. But at first the only response to his noble invocation was silence. Someone had blundered. Secretary Marvin Mclntyre made a hasty exit. Then after a short delay the radio gulped, began a mighty Brrrrrrrrr! A moment later Mr. Mclntyre reported: "Doc Smithers [White House telegrapher] flashed the dam, 'Did you get it?' And they came back 'Yes. There's water all over the place...
...Manhattan's National City Bank. Attilio went back to Brother Amadeo's potent Bank of America N.T. & S.A. as director and executive committee chairman and moved into the position of financial godfather to the cinema industry. Cinemagnates went to him first for loans and advice, called him "Doc," credited him with having settled more cinema wrangles than all the law courts of California. Last week Dr. Giannini declared: "I've just started getting paid for what I've been doing for years...
...fast. Lead-footed Louis Meyer, who vowed to quit driving after winning his second Indianapolis race, followed his usual tactics of tailing dangerous opponents, sprinting when they stopped for gas. At 360 miles, last year's winner, Kelly Petillo, who had hired a crack dirt-track driver named Doc Mackenzie to drive for him this year, could no longer stand the strain of seeing his car behind the leaders, jumped in to drive himself. He finished third. With less than 100 miles to go, Meyer had a five-lap lead. Adapting his pace to that of his nearest rivals...
...Doubleday's surprise, his own circulation manager, William Herbert ("Doc") Eaton stepped up with a scheme to lease the two big losers, share profits with the parent concern if & when profits should appear. On money borrowed from West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., Mr. Eaton then took over the magazines, carried them from Doubleday, Doran's Garden City, N. Y. printing house to Manhattan. With him went Adman Henry Jones and Country Life's socialite editor, Reginald Townsend Townsend...
Meantime burly, aggressive "Doc" Eaton was loudly calling The American Home's soaring circulation to the enthusiastic attention of advertisers. While this encouraging state of affairs was in the making, Publisher Eaton and Editor Austin gradually took over the Country Life organization, squeezed out Editor Townsend. Last autumn they purchased the two magazines outright from Doubleday, Doran for $750,000, now rule Country Life-American Home Corp. jointly, both as business partners and as man & wife...