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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week for every automobile manufacturer but one, fourth-quarter production totals were well above the mark of a year ago (biggest gainer: Ford). Fourth-quarter sales were enormously up. The one whose production was down-to zero -was Chrysler Corp., beset for seven weeks by C.I.O. trouble...
...reduced it to a respectable affair with only one band, pall bearers in tuxedos and white gloves, no grass skirts, no coconuts. Said John Metoyer's heir apparent to the Zulu presidency, Charles Fisher: "If it was me and I died right now, I'd have the biggest funeral in the history of New Orleans. I'd want exactly five bands and all that was due me. I'd want John Metoyer to do that for me, with all the trimmings...
Before the war began, 70% of Germany's export trade was with European countries, mostly The Netherlands, France and England. Japan, South America, Mexico and the Indies are Germany's biggest remaining export markets (outside of bartering with Russia). For example, Chile is waiting now for a big order of German railway equipment...
...bloc of Danubian neutrals who would temporarily forget their sectional differences. Fortnight ago even Hungary, most intransigent of revision-seeking powers, was believed ready to join up. Then last week something happened: the big powers yanked their strongest strings, and Danubian federation was once more pulled asunder. The biggest string stretched was Count...
...first publicly noted in 1933. Then Chicago's biggest bank, the Continental Illinois, which had taken a bad licking in Willys Overland, and on Insull securities, was the first big time U. S. bank to step up and take advantage of Jesse Jones's offer to buy preferred bank stock with RFC funds. To get new capital Continental sold him $50,000,000 worth...