June 2, 2007

Prostatitis? (Oct, 1949)

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Source: Detective World ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1949
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Hollywood’s Funny Money Man (Mar, 1952)

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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1952
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Hollywood’s Funny Money Man
LEW O’Callahan turns out millions of dollars each year in his own personal mint and the Treasury Department doesn’t give him a tumble. Although his money is as phony as a three-dollar bill, it never gets beyond the Hollywood movie cameras. For 31 years Lew has been quietly but legally turning out everything from tissue-thin five-pound notes to crisp green pesos, from Confederate money to French francs. And just think—the Internal Revenue boys haven’t been able to touch a cent of it!

Plastic Furs (Apr, 1946)

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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1946
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Plastic Furs
MAKING mink and other precious furs
from sheepskin is the latest miracle to come out of the chemist’s laboratory. Fabulous furs, hitherto within the reach of only the wealthiest women, will come clown in price to the point (about $160) at which almost every woman can satisfy her yearning for a luxurious coat.
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Hot-Rod Derby on the Salt Flats (Aug, 1950)

Filed under: Automotive — @ 8:59 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1950
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Hot-Rod Derby on the Salt Flats

By Ewart Thomas

ON THE Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah late this month you’ll be able to see the oddest collection of fast automobiles ever assembled.

Some will be “competition coupes” with cabs which appear to be squashed flat, one or two may be “twin tank” jobs that resemble a wartime P-38 with the driver in one compartment and the engine in the other. Some will be flat streamliners not much more than knee high.

Each represents its builder’s ideas on how to design the world’s fastest car, in its class, with the funds available.
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