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11 picks · 1938–1944

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The Testimony of a Sinner
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PROFILE of J. B. Matthews, Director of Research of the Die. Committee, or consulting expert one who is and is not a good citizen. The Dies Committee was …

Central Park--III What a Nice Municipal Park
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Profile of Central Park. The Cafeteria in the Park is operated at the Zoo by a man named John Kelly, who is also licenced to operate refreshment stands, …

FIFTY PER CENT
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PROFILE of W. Colston Leigh, of the Leigh Bureau of Lectures & Entertainments. Of the half-dozen or so competitors in the field of nationwide …

Black Beans and White Beans
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PROFILE of Dr. George H. Gallup. Everybody is for Dr. Gallup's purposes, three thousand people. This is best explained in terms of black beans & white …

IT'S DE-LOVELY!
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PROFILE of Monty (Edgar Montillion) Woolley, now playing in "The Man Who Came To Dinner." Woolley was born in 1888, in the old Hotel Bristol, which stood …

The Law and the Prophets
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PROFILE of A. J. & Will Townsend, discoverers of the Townsend Law of Advertising, a formula for the composition of irresistible persuasive prose. With it …

REPORTER AT LARGE
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the German-American Bund meeting in the Madison Square Garden. Tells about the embarrassing demonstration by Miss Thompson. She was…

This Ageless Soul
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From 1938: Russell Maloney’s Profile of Orson Welles, then a twenty-three-year-old wunderkind of New York theatre.

What Happens After That
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Russell Maloney’s 1938 Profile of the film director Alfred Hitchcock.

SINCE 1818.
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PROFIIE of Brooks Brothers, and history of the clothing firm. The firm was founded in 1818, by Henry Sands Brooks. Winthrop Brooks is president, and his …

FISH IN DISGUISE
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to Fulton Fish Market, and about tricks in the fish trade. Tells how fish is disguise and sold under different names by …