Word: divisionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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¶ Elevator operators in Los Angeles' City Hall were told to stop calling out. "War Department!" for the floor on which Divorces are granted, "Flatfoot Alley!" for police headquarters, and "Ball & Chain!" for the city attorney's criminal division.
The famed boys' choir of the Dresden Kreuzkirche in the Russian zone was scheduled to sing songs of all nations. Although all four occupying powers had approved the choir's appearance, a German employee of the American Information Control Division, on his own authority, notified the Russians that...
As soon as the indiscretion was discovered, the head of the American Control Division called the Russians and told them that the German employee had no such authority. But it was too late. The hypersensitive Russians had already withdrawn the choir and their participation. The party was off.
The bulk of the diesel orders has gone to General Motors' Electro-Motive Division, which last week got an $11,000,000 chunk of the Central order (the rest went to American Locomotive and Fairbanks, Morse). G.M. was ahead in diesel locomotives chiefly because it was the first to...
Futuramlc. Oldsmobile will bring out a radically different postwar model in February, the first General Motors division to do so. Oldsmobile's "Futuramic '98" will have a lower, wider body and larger windows than the '47s. For the conservative, Oldsmobile will also turn out two new models...