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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...treatment centers. "I believe a new deal will come out of this epidemic here," he said. "Too many people, and even too many doctors, don't know enough about this pesky disease." Main plank in Dr. Gimby's new deal for ringworm : changes in health laws to make the disease reportable and handled as a public health problem...
...childhood memory: his father had once ordered an enormous red divan for his Paris bistro, hoping to attract a fancier clientele. When it arrived, it was too big for the bistro, so his father punched a hole in the wall of Roland's adjoining bedroom to make it fit. At night, young Roland could see a little into the cafe; he remembered particularly one regular customer, a "beautiful woman," of whom he could seldom see more than a white arm and shoulder. Another idea in Petit's head came from watching a performance of South Pacific with...
...following years he did less quipping, but he still managed to make small-type headlines. Samples: OLD PETE, BROKE, IN VET HOSPITAL; ALEXANDER COLLAPSES; GROVER ALEXANDER SENT TO BELLEVUE; NECK BROKEN, ALEXANDER WALKS OUT OF HOSPITAL. Last week, at 63, Old Pete's troubles came to an end. Back in St. Paul, Neb., his old home town, he died peacefully in his sleep. Baseball fans, remembering the one-foot difference between hero and bum, remembered the record of one of baseball's greatest pitchers: 373 games won,* 90 by shutout, winning percentage...
...Harper's Bazaar (circ. 340,605), Sanhedrin of the high-fashion world. Hobson replaces Frances MacFadden, who retired after 18 years in the post. As the new M.E., Hobson will be chiefly concerned with Bazaar's non-fashion articles. But he will also read fashion copy and make criticisms from a man's point of view. Explained Editor Carmel Snow: "I think a man is terribly good for woman editors-I don't just mean the editors. He's awfully good for a fashion magazine...
...porter in the Atlanta drugstore of his uncle Asa Griggs Candler. When Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula from the druggist who invented it, young Dobbs became its first salesman, boomed it locally as "Delicious & Refreshing" instead of as a headache remedy, later began to make it a national habit by spending millions (over Candler's objections) on advertising...