Business: Popcorn

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When popcorn is shaken over a fire, pleasant is the music its kernels make as they burst into white and edible blossoms. Last week U. S. industry, warmed by Recovery's flame, burst out in many a happy pop: ¶ The American Washing Machine Manufacturers' Association announced that factory shipments of household washers for ten months of 1935 totaled 1,241,000 against 1,097,000 in ten months of 1934. ¶ In Gilbertville, Mass. musicians blew bugles at street corners, assembled the town's population to hear good news. The George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co....

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