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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beautiful Chart. New York's Dorset Foods, Ltd., a canner of poultry and meats, last year introduced five low-calorie soups, recently added a line of "substance" low-calorie products, including beef stew, chicken fricassee and a chicken-vegetable dinner. Dietetic Food Co., Inc., which started producing foods for diabetics 26 years ago, now has a full low-calorie line, including candy, desserts, chewing gum and a new ice cream. Sales of high-protein foods, like meat, are up; protein-bread makers are also cashing in on the bonanza. Said an official of Ralston Purina, makers...
...engines, the U.S. and Britain are running a seesaw race for the title of the "most powerful" (see chart). Last week it looked as if Britain's De Havilland Engine Co., Ltd. had jumped out ahead; it announced a new engine, the Gyron, with a thrust "greater than that of any other known jet engine." Although performance figures were kept secret, airmen guessed that the Gyron is in the 15,000-Ib.-thrust class, compared to 10,000 to 12,000 Ibs. for the current model of Pratt & Whitney's J-57, which had been rated the world...
...same soul-searching spirit, Dwight Eisenhower decided to get a new fever chart and some suggested therapy for the Federal Government. To do the job he called in an expert diagnostician last week, and revived the old Hoover Commission on government reorganization. Summoned to Washington once more, Old Diagnostician Herbert Hoover, 78, was willing, if-not pleased. "I took this job against my better judgment," he told reporters. "I'm back here from the Bohemian Grove [a private camp in California], where I was having a good time." To assist Hoover on' the twelve-man commission, the President...
...wrecked by Allied bombs during the war, last year produced 520,172 gross tons, almost 12% of all the ships launched throughout the world, and put Germany, according to Lloyd's Register, right up with Britain, Japan and the U.S.* among the world's leading shipbuilders (see chart). Handcuffed by Allied restrictions, German yards saw little activity until the start of the Korean war, when restrictions were taken off. Shippers were quick to order in Germany, where steel prices are controlled, skilled labor plentiful and deliveries prompt. By early this year, German yards had orders...
...because recent price boosts had improved their profits picture. In 1951, price controls and allocations trimmed their margins, and in 1952 a 53-day strike trimmed them still more. Now, with all controls off, steel's indicated profits show signs of rivaling 1950's big year (see chart). Moreover, new price rises, estimated at $3 or more a ton, will be tacked on to pay for the wage boost. However, there is no certainty that a raise will mean higher retail prices for all steel products. So many items are in ample supply that steel users will think...