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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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Historians for the Comics
THE NEWSPAPER COMICS COUNCIL has given
Boston University communications specialists a
plump grant to s+udy the^past and current imact of
funnies on American culture.
To some, it may seem an impiety to place comics
in the same sentence with the word “culture.” But
we feel that if the study is properly carried out it can
show to just what extent this “native art form,”
started in the 1890’s, has reflected and influenced
American life.
It would probably be too much to expect the
Newspaper Comics Council itself to push for revela
tions of instances in which comics have had a baneful
influence. But we hope that nevertheless the Boston
University explorers will make a clear distinction in
their historical research between those comics that
have made people laugh, those that have whetted
youthful appetites for adventure, and those that have
nurtured or catered to depraved appetites.
There is adequate justification for the current
survey in project director David M. White’s statement
that an estimated 90 million persons read the funnies
every day. making them “by far the most widely read
(daily) communication in the world.”
This is a far cry from the modest readership
enjoyed by Happy Hooligan and Little Nemo. We
wish we could feel sure that at least a substantial
minority of the 90 million are reading such witty and
wise specimens as the three P’s—Peanuts, Pogo, and
Miss Peach — instead of waiting lugubriously for the
next episode of Dracula or inanely for tomorrow’s
confidences of Smilin’ Jack. Only then would we be
willing to concede that “native art form” label.
The Government’s Slice
IN BRITAIN people are making a stand against that
most unjust imposition, the inheritance tax, called
by them “death duties.”
Lord Brocket questions the wisdom of it from the
point of view 6f the national economy. Others
question its legality, and the Rev. G. D. F. Woodhouse
calls it not taxation but “confiscation.” Inheritance
taxes invade the right of citizens who pay income tax,
to the total of a bequest. Taxes were paid yearly on
income by the deceased, and the inheritor will
continue to pay them. On what moral grounds, then,
does the government slice off a portion?
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Rumor Again Says v
Chrysler Will Dump
Unprofitable DeSoto Line
DETROIT, — Discontinu
ance of the medium-priced Edsel
revived speculation in the auto
industry today that Chrysler
Corp. may drop its slow-selling
De Soto line.
Such rumors have been preva
lent in industry circles for sev
eral years, but have been denied
every time they have cropped up.
They were denied again today
by a Chrysler spokesman who re
fered to an announcement of last
March that 25 million dollars
was being invested over a three
year period in De Soto styling
and engineering.
At that time Chrysler President
L. L. Colbert said De Soto will
remain in business “as far as
Chrysler Corp. can look into the
future.”
One month before Colbert’s
statement, Henry Ford II told
Edsel dealers the Edsel was here
to stay. Thursday Ford dropped
Edsel, never a good seller.
Production figures show that only
three autos are selling at a slow
er pace than the De Soto. These
are Chrysler’s Imperial, Ford’s
Lincoln and the Edsel, in that
order.
De Soto poduction for the 1959
calendar year so far totals only1
slightly more than 30,000 units.
The 1960 De Soto line is limited
to six models.
Sales have slumped generally
in the medium-priced field since
the 1955 model year. Packard,
Nash and Hudson, both in the
medium price range, have been
casualties of falling sales in re
cent years.
The Edsel was discontinued
after only 28 months of produc
tion. Introduced at the end of
August, 1957, Ford enthusiastic
ally predicted that 200,000 would
be sold in the first year. Factory
sales during the Edsel’s existence
fell slightly short of 110,000 cars.
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W. German Chief
Agrees with British
Disarmament Plan
LONDON, —Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer said yesterday that
he and Prime Minister MacMillan
have reached complete agreement
on the disarmament problem.
The West German chancellor
told a news conference that West
ern proposals at the Geneva For
eign Ministers Conference last
summer remain the basic position
of European security.
A 10-power commission — in
which East and West will have
equal representation — is to begin
work on disarmament early in the
coming year.
Adenauer, speaking to 350 cor
respondents, said he and MacMil
lan had had a successful exchange
of views during his three-day stay
here.
During the talks here the Brit
ish Prime Minister assured Aden
auer that Britain has no inten
tion of working out some secret
arrangement with Russia on mili
tary disengagement in a zone on
both sides of the Iron Curtain
in Europe.
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Former G-M President
Fatally Shoots Friend in
Duck Hunting Accident
WALPOLE ISLAND, Ont., UP) —
Pale and shaken from grief and
shock, Harlow H. Curtice, retired
president of General Motors
Corp., accompanied the body of
the friend he had accidentally
shot and killed out of the St. Clair
River marshes here Wednesday.
“Harry Anderson was my very
dear friend for many years,” the
tall, dignified industrialist said.
The 66-year-old Curtice was
ashen faced and had difficulty
mustering words in describing the
hunting accident to Ontario pro
vincial police.
Harry W. Anderson, 67, a re
tired GM vice president, was
killed by a blast from a 12
gauge shotgun fired by Curtice
as they were hunting ducks on
Ste. Anne’s Island in the St. Clair
River, between the United States
and Canada.
A Chippewa Indian guide was
hiding about 25 feet behind the
blind.
The guide said Curtice aimed at
the lead duck of the flock and as
he fired Anderson stood up and
stumbled directly into the line of
fire.
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