Word: elgin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...race settled down into a contest of durability on a track foul with exhaust fumes and simmering with bakeoven heat. For all their high-flown names (Springfield Welding Special, Cop-Sil-Loy Brake Special, Grancor-Elgin Piston Pin Special), all but one of the low-slung racers were powered by four-cylinder Meyer-Drake engines...
...Elgin, Ill., arm-weary Frank Breen, 38, claimed four world horseshoe pitching records after a six-hour marathon with a pair of 2^-lb. shoes. The records: 1,362 ringers in 1,724 pitches; 271 points and 86 ringers in 100 consecutive throws; 28 ringers...
Howe touched off five yards behind Princeton anchor man Tom Elgin and closed down a 12 year gap into just inches, but Elgin held him off to win in 3:24:3. Yale was a distant third...
...watchmakers' long fight for a high protective tariff on Swiss watches, none fought harder than Elgin National Watch Co.'s President James G. Shennan. But when Harry Truman vetoed boosts of as much as 50% recommended by the U.S. Tariff Commission last summer (TIME, July 14), Shennan knew he was whipped. Last week, in a statesmanlike manner, he conceded it. He still did not agree with the President's decision, said Shennan, but "we are aware that [it] reflects a widespread belief that a reduction of tariff barriers will further the interests of world peace. However much...
...which he could sell profitably, develop research to make others. For two years Shennan has been preparing his course by acquiring other companies, such as Kentucky's Wadsworth Watch Case Co. and Rhode Island's watchband-making Hadley Co., which also makes cuff links, tie clasps, etc. Elgin itself is importing Swiss movements for Wadsworth cases, and making compacts, emblems, and product name plates-plus $23 million of defense orders. Result: Elgin's 1952 sales are estimated at $50 million, v. 1950's $30.2 million...