Word: ince
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When a Manhattan merchant saw Christopher dressed up, he told the Geissmanns they ought to go into business. Last spring, they formed Merry Hull, Inc. (adapted from Mrs. Geissmann's mother's maiden name), installed Bob as president, Gladys as vice president. They raised $170,000 in capital from their savings and friends' subscriptions, got another $80,000 from enthusiastic citizens of Chambersburg, Pa., where the Geissmanns rented two small plants. Last week "Merry Mites," the company's wardrobe of practical clothes for boys up to four, went on sale in five top department stores...
Philadelphia's El-Tronics Inc. took no chances. In magazine ads it bragged: "At last, an inexpensive Geiger-Miiller counter set [a radioactivity detector] for only...
Many dealers expected things to pick up (though not to last fall's peak) with spring weather. National Used Car Mar ket Reports, Inc. said: "The light is amber, not red." But if overall business slumps in the latter half of this year, it warned, the light will certainly turn...
Merrill Lynch reported that its customers range from Steelworker Clifford Blackmore of Pittsburgh, "an active member of his C.I.O. local," to Cinemactor Ronald Colman. Customer Hugh L. Gary, Greenwood (Miss.) farmer, got into the market to hedge his cotton crop just as Chairman Harry A. Bullis of General Mills, Inc. hedged to protect General Mills inventories...
Empty Glasses. Not in any peacetime year since prohibition, said Harry L. Lourie, executive vice president of the National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Importers, Inc., had importers of liquors been so parched. In 1947, only Scotch whiskey imports were up (2,600,000 cases v. 1,750,000 in 1946). Imports of French cognac (200,000 gallons) and French champagne (151,000 gallons) were off more than two-thirds. Said Lourie: this year looks not much better...