Bigger, Better Cuss Words…
Chicago. Dec. 22 (AP) Bigger and better cuss words have been suggested by Dr. Burges Johnson, professor of English at Syracuse university, as one of the things this country needs. He told the executive club about it yesterday.
Profanity that was horrifying a few decades back Is now ridiculous in its innocuousness. Dr. Johnson said. Some of the stronger cuss words have been corrupted until now they lack all their original power and significance.
“Gramercy” “Gadzooks” and “Zounds” are some of the corruptions of what once was powerful profanity, he said. Even the words that remain have lost their full power through over-usage, and there have come into the language no new swear words to replace them.
Martian Chamber of Commerce Bulletin.
According to the description, an honest Chamber of Commerce bulletin from Mars would have to read:
“Settle on Mars, one of the first heavenly bodies to cool off after creation. We have practically no water, practically no oxygen in our atmosphere. The oxygen has gone to the rocks, and much of our country is covered with fine red dust, caused by the oxidation of our iron deposits.
“The dust doesn’t stay put, however, because we have winds of gale force almost all of the time, cause by the rapid changes in our temperature – up to 80 degrees at noontime and down to 100 degrees below zero at night.
“We have no twilight, and no dawn. Our daytime sky is no brighter than twilight on Earth, but there’s every chance of romance here. We have two nice moons, one which remains 132 hours above the horizon. Our nearer moon, Phobos, is as close to us as New York to Los Angeles on Earth. And, if you like eclipses, they are a dime a dozen up here. We have as many as 1,000 of them each year.
“Come, spend a year with us, You’ll have plenty of time to look around, because our year is 687 days. And girls – if you happen to weigh around 200 pounds, you’ll find life can be beautiful on Mars, because here, you’ll weight less than eighty.”
(excerpt from the The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky • Sun, Jul 23, 1939)
Pan American Airways
A couple of maps showing the routes Pan American airlines took through Central and South American
1930s Central and South American route map
Continue reading “Pan American Airways”The Adventures of Rocky Jordan
“Again we bring you a story of Adventure with a man named Rocky Jordan, proprietor of the Cafe Tambourine which stands in a narrow street off of Cairo’s native quarter within sight of the Mosque Sultan Hassan, The Cafe Tambourine crowded with forgotten men from the world’s waterfront, alive with the babble of many languages.”
Continue reading “The Adventures of Rocky Jordan”Broadcast Advertising 1929-1932
Broadcast Advertising began in 1929 as the industries first Trade Magazine. Starting with their May 1931 issue, their covers featured fantastic Art Deco illustrations. (see below)
Continue reading “Broadcast Advertising 1929-1932”Shanghai Express, 1932
Shanghai Express is a 1932 film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. Marlene Dietrich, plays the part of the notorious Shanghai Lily.
A Planet for Texas
A Planet for Texas, by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire, cover art by by Arthur Renshaw 1958, original art below.
Continue reading “A Planet for Texas”Green Hornet, #496, 1953
DELL Comics #496 was the first and only time the Green Hornet appeared in its publication. The issue is a part of their long running Four Color Comics series and contains two stories: The Freightyard Robberies (06-20-1949) and Proof of Treason (10-17-1952), which are adaptations of radio shows with the same names.