Word: carse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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On Dallas' Ross Avenue, Dealer Gene Goss ("Goss on Ross, the Tradin' Hoss") was just as idle. In San Francisco, "Horse Trader" Ed Shapiro, the city's biggest used-car dealer, was singing the blues. He had cut the price of an "almost new" 1948 Buick convertible...
In Chicago, the blight had fallen on Herbert J. Robinson, "The Angel of Broadway," who expanded into four stores after the war with the slogan: "The Angel is spreading his wings." Last week Robinson had a new slogan: "The Angel's wings are clipped." To stir up business, he...
Nobody expected a pickup soon. In spite of the Ford strike, new cars were rolling out of Detroit at a rate of more than 5,000,000 a year. Some new car dealers were feeling a sag in their own sales (Kaiser-Frazer Corp. this week reported a $5.8 million...
Like hundreds of Midwest towns, tiny (pop. 1,600) El Paso, Ill., which calls itself "capital city of the corn belt," was an all but deserted village last week. Few cars disturbed the quiet of its sunny streets; in the town's three taverns, business was slow. El Paso...
Out on the Road. Linz Bros, does not wait for business to step up to its horseshoe-shaped gem counter, but goes out after it with salesmen who range all over Texas. Any Texan who strikes it rich can expect to hear from a Linz salesman about the time he...