Word: cuts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...case of Robert S. Cohen is not so clear-cut. Mr. Cohen was cleared by the FBI, Army Intelligence, and Navy Intelligence during the war for work with the Joint Chiefs of Staff communications board...
...Provost called the liaison man into his office and told him to cut it out. Thus, in one case the Fill system was discovered using such scare tactics and stopped. The question remains as to how many similar incidents have never been reported, but just brooded over by the victims...
...miles of track tap six Midwestern states. Young Bill trimmed costs so well that when Stauffer died last March, he was the logical man for the presidency. Now with freight carload-ings off 5.4% from 1948 (v. nearly a 10% average drop for all roads), Bill Deramus hopes to cut costs more by dieselizing the entire line by fall...
...industries did likewise. Kling Furniture Factories brought out cheaper new lines and priced their regular furniture 4 ½% to 10% lower. Most of the major tiremakers had introduced low-priced tires and even some automakers were joining the parade: some "extras" became standard equipment. This week General Motors Corp. cut its auto prices from $10 to $40 as G.M. wages (tied to the cost-of-living index) came down 1? an hour...
Some manufacturers were finding ways to cut prices while retaining all the features of their old higher-priced lines. The Detroit-Michigan Stove Co. brought out a new line of gas ranges to retail 12% to 20% below the market for competing ranges. With department-store sales slipping behind last year's, more industries were facing the problem of whether to cut production or take a chance with ingenious cost-cutting practices. In many cases ingenuity was already paying...