Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ralph Bunche, the U.N.'s successful untangler of Arab-Jewish relations, arrived home in New York to be greeted at the dock by his wife and five-year-old Ralph Jr. Also on the welcoming detail: U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie and some bored policemen, assigned to handle an anticipated crowd of admirers that never turned up. Later in the week, though, the American Association for the United Nations announced that it was giving Statesman Bunche a scroll for "distinguished service...
...General Manager Edward Johnson of the Metropolitan Opera, pressed by Atlanta reporters to name his successor after he retires next year, obliged with a list that included Lawrence Tibbett, Lauritz Melchior and Billy Rose, who loves to give widely syndicated free advice...
...recession; they turned in earnings that were even higher than in 1948's fat first quarter. A notable example was Republic Steel, first of the big steel companies to report. It had a 60% jump in its net profit, from $9.1 million to $15.2 million. Another example was General Electric Co. Despite a slump in the sale of appliances and an industrywide wave of price-cutting, G.E. boosted its first-quarter net to $26.7 million (up $1.3 million...
Among the food companies, Corn Products Refining Co. led the parade by more than doubling its profit-to $3,314,562. But General Foods probably gave a better indication of the general trend. Its gross was up slightly to $127,802,860, but rising costs cut its net from $8,155,176 to $7,593,797. Even the airline and aircraft industries, which had long been ailing, were perking up. Prime example: Douglas Aircraft Co., which had earned only $23,862 in 1948's first quarter, this year earned $2 million, the result of rearmament contracts and a cost...
...slump in used-car sales and the high price of new cars brought spring rumors that the big motormakers would soon bring out light cars priced at about $1,000. Last week young Henry Ford II followed General Motors in scotching the rumor. Ford is not considering such a car, he said, because motorists "want the best they can get for their money and are too accustomed to the convenience and ease offered by standard-size cars." The average length of motor trips is almost twice what it was prewar, said Ford, and the public is all in favor...