New York, NY: The Literary Digest, 354-360 Fourth Ave, 1936. 21.7 x 30.3 cm. Cover shows montage of newspaper clippings in shape of Uncle Sam eagerly tipping his hat to montage of an elegant Latina, ready for a tango. Title is ""Pan-American Peace."" Accompanying article reports Inter-American Peace Conference in Buenos Aires attended by President Roosevelt. Revolution quelled in Ecuador, Fulgencio Battista is real power in Cuba, President Justo of Argentina gets closer to fascism, Trujillo rules in Dominican Republic, and Brazil faces a wave of Communism and revolt. Lead article: ""Wanted: Thirteen Million Homes: Building Boom Begins as Americans Seek Elbow-Room""; ""Crime in Prisons+-- plot detected to blackmail female opera stars including Lily Pons and Gladys Swarthout. Russian Tumult: Nazi-Japanese Alliance Infuriates Soviet Constitutional Congress. Cartoons show Hirohito, Hitler and Stalin. ""Surgeon Cuts Twin's Link to Death"" story of Filipino Simplicio Godino, surgically separated from his dead Siamese twin, in New York hospital. ""Literary Coup"" Reviewer of final book by Lawrence of Arabia will be kept secret until 1950. [NOTE: The Mint was first published in England in 1955, and appeared in two versions, one which omitted the barrack-room language.] On back cover is color ad showing Santa Claus enjoying a Lucky Strike cigarette (in green package). Magazine, minor wear, very good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter/Ephemera.

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Bookseller: The Personal Navigator (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7855
Title: Literary Digest, The; December 5, 1936
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: The Literary Digest, 354-360 Fourth Ave
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1936
Pages: 44 pp
Size: 21.7 x 30.3 cm
Bookseller catalogs: Printed Matter/Ephemera;

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