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Maritime Commission got rid of its biggest white elephant-the Normandie. The once-proud liner had cost the French $60 million to build, had cost the U.S. Government another $11 million to salvage and maintain. Last week the Commission sold her for scrap. Price: $161,680.
In this Peter-to-Paul manner, Emanuel kept the complicated corporation breathing until he had strengthened AVCO enough so that it could swallow both its parent, ATCO, and AMCO. By then V.E. thought that AVCO could start expanding again. With war in the offing, he had his eye on Consolidated...
While the Republicans make the campaign as uninteresting as possible, the Democrats must depend on "getting out the vote." Labor must not be allowed to stay idly at home. Thus it is the work of the Political Action Committee to rally the eleven and publicize the issues affecting the working...
Carol and his Magda, still exiling in Brazil, made a rare public appearance to goggle at royalty. The high-styled Braganzas, descendants of Brazil's second and last Emperor Dom Pedro II, were staging a circus. Dom João tamed lions, Princess Tereza played an Amazon, a couple...
The Commission's quandary revived the old debate over the value of luxury liners -and whether its plans to build nine such liners made any sense. It has already postponed bids to build four such ships because of the shortage of materials. And it still has on its hands...