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Wild gusts of fine powder buffeted the Harvard Ski hut in Jackson, New Hampshire last night, and seemed to be heading toward Pinkham Notch, according to a late report from the Weather Bureau station of Mt. Washington...
Most of Janet Fairbank's recitals lose money, a fact which doesn't concern her greatly. ("I figure I like to sing and it's worth it to me.") Grandfather N. K. Fairbank made his fortune in Gold Dust washing powder, among other things, and helped found the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Janet's mother is Novelist Janet Ayer (The Bright Land) Fairbank; her aunt is Pulitzer Prize Novelist Margaret Ayer (Years of Grace) Barnes. In a stone mansion on Chicago's State Street and on a gingerbready Victorian estate at Wisconsin's Lake Geneva...
...footmen splashes of vivid scarlet above the deep maroon of the coachwork. Through the windows the crowds could see the King in an admiral's uniform, sitting erect and wooden-faced under his gold-peaked cap, while the Queen, with her plump, pink-and-white face, powder blue hat, grey-fawn furs, was all smiles and gracious waves. The Welsh Guards Band played God Save the King as the coach went...
...Army Air Forces' plan to send a flight of B-29 Superforts around the world (TIME, Oct. 12) had given the State Department a global headache. Last week, both airmen and diplomats took a headache powder. The flyers conveniently found that there were not enough long runways on the route, and State announced with relief that the aerial show of force...
...studded gold cigaret holder, a diamond-studded gold compact, a diamond-studded gold lipstick-&-perfume set, a diamond-studded pillbox, a solid gold scratch pad and pencil, a diamond-&-gold coin purse, a diamond-studded gold money clip, $500 in cash, and 40 solid gold keys. But no tooth powder...