Word: freights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...connected airlanes running right up the center of the U.S., Braniff International Airways and Mid-Continent Airlines have long believed that two can live cheaper than one. During 1951, Braniff gave Mid-Continent $334.857 in interline business, while Mid-Continent handed Braniff $270,113 worth of passengers and freight. -Last week the two decided to take the big step and merge. If stockholders of both lines and the Civil Aeronautics Board approve, 1½ shares of Mid-Continent common stock will be exchanged for each share of Braniff. The new line, to be called Braniff, will have 58 planes, serve...
...wife, who was trifling with an FBI man); after long illness ; in Covington, Ky. Originally a druggist, German-born Remus became a criminal lawyer, turned to bootlegging after seeing how easily he got acquittals for rich dry-law offenders. So wholesale were his operations that, on one occasion, a freight train chuffed into Cincinnati with 18 full carloads of liquor consigned to Remus. After shooting his wife in cold blood, he successfully defended himself on a plea of insanity. Sent to a mental hospital, he quickly proved his sanity and won his freedom by invoking the testimony of the prosecution...
Mobilization Boss Charles E. Wilson, aware that civilian production could scarcely stand any more slashes, also started moving in on the defense-supporting industries which now take a large part of all U.S. steel. He trimmed the steel for freight-car production from 9,500 cars a month last year...
...auto sales, found itself getting 14% of all sales in Ward's territory. In 1949, Ward sold 1,359 cars in Denver County alone; only Ford and Chevrolet sold more. He chartered planes to carry customers free to Detroit, where they could save the freight on their cars by driving them back. Hudson hailed this as one of the most successful promotion stunts in its history...
Died. William Adolf Irvin, 78, onetime railroad freight agent who rose through the ranks to become president of U.S. Steel Corp. (1932-38), helped organize and became chairman of the National Safety Council; after long illness; in Manhattan...