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The change was dictated by a rumor that strikebreakers would be brought into the plant of the Canadian Johns-Manville Co., chief employer in Asbestos. Barricades manned by club-wielding strikers were thrown up on all roads into the town. All cars were stopped and searched. Clergymen, doctors and well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Aux Barricades! | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

It was a blanket finish, with little more than a length separating all four: Mrs. Royce G. Martin's Halt, J. A. Kinard Jr.'s Johns Joy, Greentree's Wine List and -fourth-Old Rockport. Hard-Loser Cliff Mooers had a grin on his face. Said he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Before the Big One | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Two days later, Olympia was loaded onto a plane at La Guardia Airport and flown to Louisville. With the big race only twelve days away, Kentuckians were still waiting to be shown that Olympia could carry his dizzy speed over the mile and a quarter Derby route. He also had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pink-Nosed Bay | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Though the housing boom was past its peak, the building industry showed some outstanding performers. Johns-Manville Corp. boosted its net 24.9% (from $2.3 million to $2.8), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. 23.4% (from $3.1 million to $3.8), and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 17%. Small Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corp. showed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EARNINGS: Over the Fence | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

At Johns Hopkins, surgeons examined their patient again. Their verdict: Joe is suffering from calcium deposits on the right heel, an affliction common enough among ballplayers but most often occurring in the elbow of a player's throwing arm (and then loosely referred to as "elbow chips"). The deposits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Few Weeks or Forever? | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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