Sunday, July 14, 2013

We Read the October 1, 1950, Issue of Forbes
So You Don't Have To


You'd sure think I could find better things to do with my time.  Random snippets, from text, editorials and ads.  Type faces are (more or less) from the original.
Hesitate to buy a home at today's dizzy prices.

Official Curbing of Installment (debt) buying is healthy.

 Christians and Pagans cannot come to any agreement because there is nothing to base it on.  United Nations must contain all Christians, with the Prince of Peace as its head...

If that harum-scarum little Alice from never-never land paid avisit to this day and age she would feel mighty topsy-turvy goings on in the business world.  In labor reltions particularly.  You find employers beckoning to the union to comde in and talk over wage increases.  You see huge corporations like Ford, Chrysler, tearing up their union agreements and signing new ones even though the old pacts still had some time to run.  You hear about outfits like Northrop Aircraft serving coffee to applicants who come to hunt for jobs...

FLASH ANNOUNCEMENT
INVESTMENT HISTORY MAY BE MADE IN THE NET FOUR WEEKS
ATTACH $1.  TO THIS COUPON AND MAIL

Had any experience in deep snow?  Got any idea about a vehicle that can negotiate arctic terrain at all seasons?  Then maybe you had better get in touch with the National Inventors' Council, a group of 18 top-flight scientists, engineers and research men who are working closely with the Department of Defense on problems encountered, or to be encountered, by the armed services...

NO CIGARETTE HANGOVER


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