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Trade centre turnover did virtually the reverse; prewar, in mid August it climbed to a peak slightly higher than in January. Threat of war sent it skidding. Then during the "war boom" in production, it fluctuated vigorously without making headway and did not equal its prewar peak till mid November-an indication that during this period the volume of transactions in these centres just about kept pace with proportional increase in inventories...
...hall entrance with two others, but we could not make headway against the stream of persons pouring out. Before us, filling the hall, was a yellow-grey wall of dust and smoke. . . . Several wounded faltered through the door. I broke through and . . . the way into the hall was now free. I had to adjust my eyes to the dimness. Then I saw what had happened...
August 5. Although the conversations in Moscow seemed to make scant headway, Britain and France together sent a military mission to discuss plans for mutual defense with the Soviet Army...
Trying to make headway under present circumstances upset market custom. Resigned to heavy industry stagnation, bulls turned to consumer stocks. Last week they bid up Barren's index of retailing chain stocks to the highest level since the August 1937 bull market. Such perennial market favorites as Chrysler, U. S. Rubber and U. S. Steel were forced to share popularity with stocks which speculators seldom bother with: food stocks-Standard Brands, National Biscuit, Kroger Grocery -even such a market bush-leaguer as Safeway Stores (third in number of stores, second in sales volume among U. S. food chains). Meantime...
After two weeks of negotiation with University Hall, the labor groups have made no headway, according to Joseph Stefani, leader of labor forces. He said that recourse to the strike action was necessary to impose a three-point program which has been consistently rejected by the College officers...