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Not since 1941 has the Bawl Street Journal, a wild parody of the sober, conservative Wall Street Journal, been published by the Bond Club of New York for its annual outing. To make up for this wartime repression, the first postwar edition of the Journal last week contained some of the most merciless, heavy-handed ribbing ever of bankers, brokers and bureaucrats.

Deepest thrusts were at the Kaiser-Frazer Corp., which has sold $53 million worth of stock, has yet to mass-produce a car. Said a Bawl Street Journal ad: "See the Kaiser or Frazer before you buy! We'd like to see one...

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