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...separated from his passenger by half an inch of plate glass and half a century of tradition. "Won't do to get too close to the passenger," explained one cabbie cheerfully. "Might cause a revolution or something." Behind rides the passenger, in a compartment as high as a silk topper (which, by regulation, it must be high enough to accommodate...
Many of their elders showed similar reactions. In Beverly Hills, Mathews, an expensive women's shop, moved into a new store with silk-lined walls, and sent out 1,000 charge plates made of 14-carat gold. In Galveston, one Joe Grasso flew into a swivet over the fact that two Texas pelicans died recently in the London zoo. "They were double-tough Texas pelicans-the toughest birds in the world," he cried, and were the victims of a "Communist plot to discredit Texas in particular and America in general...
...spinsters' brother, Sterling, promptly bought the Prophet a $3,900 Lincoln as a token of gratitude. The two women decided to give him something even more wonderful-a full-length let-out white mink coat with a raglan flare-back, shawl collar, scarlet silk lining and deep flap pockets lined with velvet. This took some time. The girls had to scrape up $2,000 for a down payment and agree to pay off the total price of $12,900 plus carrying charges at a rate of $475 a month. The astounded New York furrier who was commissioned...
...ladies gave their sympathies. One of them was only too happy to have her picture taken with Morton-Stewart at a fashionable nightclub. The picture in the papers brought the detectives on the run, but once again, Morton-Stewart was too quick for them. Leaving his dress clothes, his silk and nylon shirts and his handmade shoes behind, he fled...
Sausage Skins for Steel. Other U.S. allies share Britain's attitude: ¶ French businessmen signed an $11.2 million contract with Peking at the Moscow Economic Conference. The deal: French metals and chemicals for Chinese silk, tea and sausage casings. ¶ West Germans in 1951 swapped $4 million worth of chemicals and machinery for Chinese ores and hog bristles...