Word: schaefer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First result was that no more mention of R. K. O. pictures appeared in Hearst papers in Baltimore, Manhattan, Los Angeles-a free publicity break itself worth several thousand dollars. Next, excited Lolly Parsons phoned R. K. O. Headman Schaefer in Manhattan, appealed to him to stop Citizen Kane. Headman Schaefer could not recall exactly what was in the picture, said he would take another look soon; if there should prove to be anything offensive to Citizen Hearst, Citizen Kane might not be released. Gallantly Orson Welles declared that, rather than see his great friend, George Schaefer, in Dutch...
...each in Manhattan shops. Other statistics prove many Fairgoers made pigs of themselves. In two years they gobbled 16,222,358 hot dogs, 8,328,688 square hamburgers, washed them down with 13.767,960 cups of coffee at Childs lunch bars, 2,755,000 mugs of beer, at Schaefer Center. Result: Fair drug counters sold 294,000 doses of bicarbonate, 2,073,600 headache tablets...
...Nimblest of the three disturbers of the Schaefer peace was Shack-Dweller Henry Frees, a onetime acrobat, who once used an $800 settlement for an injury to his arm to run for mayor of Belleville, Ill. He lost both the $800 and the election, went back to his shack. Emerging as a Congressional candidate, Mr. Frees stood on his head while he made campaign speeches, promised, if elected, to do backflips up the Capitol steps. His resounding advice to Congressman Schaefer: "If he doesn't play golf I think he should ought to learn. In case fishing...
...Third candidate was George E. Hary, ex-promoter of a softball game in which the players were (at least temporarily) mounted on goats. Mr. Hary declared he was going to write a story entitled Where Were You, Mr. Schaefer, When?, climaxed a strenuous campaign by renting a hall over a saloon on Saturday night before election, promising to talk until the opening of the polls Tuesday morning. When he ran out of topics, Mr. Hary sang The Little Man Who Wasn't There, which he dedicated to Congressman Schaefer. Still whispering after 52 hours, Candidate Hary slumped down exhausted...
Meantime Congressman Schaefer put his trust in the Democratic machine and stayed in Washington. Last week, when Illinois went to the polls, his quiet faith was vindicated. Inconspicuous Mr. Schaefer had won again, needed only to beat Republican Nominee Calvin D. Johnson to be assured of peace & quiet for another two years...