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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Working under Phillips was something of an experience. According to Ellsworth Young, the present owner, "the store ran more on inspiration than system." For instance, Phillips had a fabulous memory for where he had put his books, and consequently felt no need for keeping them in any particular order on the shelves. The resulting jumble caused his assistants no end of trouble. Phillips also was as much concerned with having people interested in his books as he was with making sales. He would go to any length to turn up a particular edition of Dostoevski or an out-of-print...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

...Superman's astounding antics, McClure Newspaper Syndicate and National Comics Publications thought that readers might be getting bored with their comic-strip hero's invulnerability. Last week the syndicators decided to put Superman in a position where he may lose an occasional round. In November, Writer Whit Ellsworth and Artist Wayne Boring will marry him off to his longtime sweetheart, Lois Lane. In the normal course of time ("even Superman can't hurry some things") Lois will present him with a Superbaby. The new challenge: "Can Superman cope with modern man's most intimate problem-namely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Most Intimate Problem | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

John F. Bruckman of 69 Irving St., Waltham; Waltham Senior High. Stanley L. Cohen of 24 Sidlaw Rd., Brighton; Boston Public Latin. Ellsworth D. Comins of 33 Greenbrier St., Springfield; Classical High, Springfield. Francis J. Cook of 46 Belvedere St., Springfield; Classical High, Springfield. John T. Coughlan of 553 North St., Pittsfield; Pittsfield High...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarship Lists Released | 6/21/1949 | See Source »

...Cambridge; Burton Spencer Dreben '49, of St. Louis; Alan Howard Friedman '49 of Brooklyn, New York York; John Henry Hagan, Jr. '49 of Port Chester, New York; Richard Haven '50 of Welfeboreo, New Hampshire; John William James '50 of Birghton: Richard Paul Janaor '49, of Medford; Edward Ellsworth Jones '49 of Buffalo, New York; Alvin Kahn '49 of Upper Montclair, New Jerscy; Louis Frederick Klein, Jr. '49 of West Roxbury; Saul Kravetz '48 of Brooklyn, New York; Benjamin Hammet Lacy '49 of Dubuue, towa; Hugh Gregory Langley '49 of St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada; Christopher Michael Martin '49 of Newark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBK Chooses Eight Juniors, 30 Graduates | 4/20/1949 | See Source »

...Ellsworth ("Sonny Boy") Wisecarver, who delighted tabloid readers a few years ago by starting to run around with married women when he was only 14, was 19 now and getting a new view of home-wrecking. After 18 months of marriage, his wife went home to mother (she still thinks he is a "swell guy"). Sonny Boy considered the situation: "I guess I haven't been as good a husband as I should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Family Circle | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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