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...portraits of her husband, Argentina's President Juan Perón, were placed strategically on the walls; new Louis XV furniture was installed in her bedroom. A new floor of shining tile was laid for the main entrance, doors were painted garish green, marble stairs were shined mirror-bright. No one could blame Embassy officials when their bright new decorations became the background for the first jeers that Evita had heard since her European tour began June...
...spied Queen Mary in a courtyard below. "We want Queen Mary!" the crowd shouted, but the Queen Mother ignored them.* A minute later the crowd's attention was directed elsewhere. In an upper story window they caught sight of a familiar face. Peering from behind a dressing-table mirror, Princess Elizabeth was taking one last peek at her future subjects before the great day was done. The crowd howled and the Princess waved. As the throngs finally dispersed, an elderly lady sighed with satisfaction. "Well," she said, "they certainly looked very glad to be home again, didn...
...more important, they also get great grey blobs of news unslanted and in plentiful supply. The Telegraph is an outstanding example of responsible journalism in an era of crisis and confusion. Its rise was not as spectacular as the postwar growth of one rival, the gaudy tabloid Daily Mirror, which climbed from 2,400,000 to 3,565,000 in eight months. But it was one that Fleet Streeters applauded more warmly...
...that "W.W." was anxious to switch, wrote his crony Abel Green. But for the first time in 17 years Winchell was "sans contract." He had told the publisher of Hearst's New York Mirror that if The Chief "wants to keep me interested," perhaps they'd better talk things over. As matters stood, the pay from his syndicated column was chicken feed for Turkey Gobbler Winchell: on the radio, where he sells lotion, he was getting $7,500 a week, a $130,000-a-year raise over 1946. His gross income: $502,000 a year...
Take it Easy; Take it Off. Reporters fought grimly for exclusive "angles." Hearst's New York Mirror revealed that Satira's father, "a law-abiding apothecary," had "blown the contents of his piggy bank" to go to her aid. "Take it easy on my Dad," she told the Mirror. "He's never been outside Toledo. . . . Please buy him a beer." In court she exposed her back ("an official striptease," said one leering account) to show the judge and photographers her bruises...