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...Hills Brothers Co., packers of Dromedary Dates. Long prominent in such groups as the New York State Advisory Commission on Minimum Wage and Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper's Business Advisory Council, he be came Assistant Secretary of Commerce in 1935, has since pleased Franklin Roosevelt by his frequent high-sounding definitions of New Deal intentions. Sample: "By some method yet to be discovered, it seems to me that industry must learn to function as a whole, not to advance its own private ends but to assist Democracy to act for the good...
...child painters had turned imitative, muddying the pure well of crudity with inhibited attempts to be artistic. But under this age, the hugely scrawled and brightly colored pictures done by little boys & girls showed a splashing freedom of imagery and sometimes a direct seizure of character. They also showed frequent resemblance to the art of those moderns who distort for the sake of design...
...Bishop" Grace calls his sect the "House of Prayer For All People,"* has claimed from 300,000 to 1,000,000 followers. In his 100 churches, pastors exhort the faithful for contributions, and during services, which lean heavily upon singing and chanting, there are likely to be frequent sales talks and demonstrations of Daddy Grace Toothpaste, Daddy Grace Cold Cream, Daddy Grace Hair Straightener. Pastors also hawk the Grace Magazine, a "miraculous publication" over which prayers are said as it goes through the presses. Believing that this journal has the power to heal, members of the cult wear copies...
...prove that underconsumption (not the cattleman's frequent other trouble, overproduction) is to blame, Chairman Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson & Co. announced that while "normal" U. S. per capita consumption of meat is 146 lb. per year, consumption last year was only 120 lb.. a difference equivalent to 5,600,000 head of cattle. Normal cattle population of the U. S.: 65,000,000. I. A. M. P. plans a nationwide advertising campaign to make people eat up the surplus. Theme: "Market supplies of livestock are such that there is an abundance of meat of improved quality available...
Although no penalties were called, the contest was rough, marked by frequent hard checking and pileups in front of both goals. The Yardlings had more scoring chances than the Exonians, but were unable to capitalize on many of them...