Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...world got one of its rare glimpses of long-lipped Major General Vasily Yosifovich ("Vasya") Stalin, 28, Stalin's favorite son. † Ogonek, a Soviet picture magazine, showed him at the controls of a plane, commanding the air show over Moscow's May Day parade...
...about 70,000) ever cast in an I.T.U. election, Randolph's "progressive" ticket won a 3-to-2 victory over the "independent" party headed by John R. Evans of Washington. Said Secretary-Treasurer Don Hurd: the vote was "not merely re-election of the incumbents, but is a general membership affirmation of the policies they pursued." That was notice to publishers not to throw away their Vari-Typers; the pursuit would continue...
...Socialist Party's Le Populaire, its circulation down from 350,000 to 93,000, was publicly begging for funds. The M.R.P.'s L'Aube (down from 200,000 to 80,000) was living from week to week on party handouts. Said a panicky government official: "A general crackup ... is feared. We don't know how many papers will close or merge in the next few weeks...
...directors to try to prevent the walkout of his brass. After a five-hour session with the board, Avery got the insurgents to withdraw their resignations and go back to work. Their terms: a change in the company's bylaws to give President Norton (and not Chairman Avery) "general executive authority . . . over the entire business and affairs of the corporation," subject only to the board's control. Crowed one executive: "It's the beginning of the end for Sewell Avery...
...Deal. Marvin E. Coyle, General Motors' executive vice president, told auto dealers they should stop forcing motorists to trade in their cars when buying new ones (dealers usually sell the trade-ins at far more than they allow the customers). Dealers' discounts are fat enough, said Coyle, without the extra trade-in profit. Said he: "If [the dealer] is assured that the new car will not pass into the black market, he should permit the customer to sell his own used car if he wishes...