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...ship readied to sail, Messersmith and Perón stood bareheaded on the deck, the Ambassador visibly shivering in the raw winter wind, talking fast and repeatedly jabbing Perón on the chest with his index finger. Perón reassuringly patted the Ambassador. Then the President joined 12,000 Peronistas on the pier. "Perón! Messersmith! Perón! Messersmith!" chanted the crowd. For nearly an hour, as the Del Sud moved into the stream and out to sea, Perón stood on the quayside-still waving...
Madrid is an accurate index to the expansive mood of Spain's rich & mighty who follow the traditional social season-Seville in April, Madrid in May and June, San Sebastian in July and August (then back to the Madrid black market for the drab winter months). Now they jam the Palace and Chicote bars, their ranks reinforced by distinguished foreign refugees such as the Petacci family of Mussolini's late mistress, Clara...
This was enough to cause overall production, still in the stratosphere, to drop slightly. The Federal Reserve Board index slipped from 190% (1935-39 average: 100) to 187. Retailers, worried about possible price drops, were not buying as fast as they had been. As a result, the movement of goods from manufacturers slowed down. Another $450 million in goods piled up in manufacturers' inventories in April. This boosted them to $22 billion, almost twice the prewar peak...
...campaign done any real good? No one thought so. The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week reported that its index of wholesale prices, which had started down at the end of March, had edged up again for the week ending...
Like the charmed rats of Hamelin, Americans scamper to follow the compelling advertisement, convinced that it would be disloyal and remiss not to "remember mother," assured that one remembers best with each, once a year. The business index will rise perceptibly, the sweet smell of roses and caramels will steep the land, but on Monday mother will be back at the washtub or Garden Club, bored, neglected, and tired...