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One of the lesser mysteries of the world of finance is why, just because an individual has managed to acquire shares in a corporation, he should be expected to understand the argot of accountancy. Yet last fortnight, undoubtedly to the great perplexity of its 7,138 stockholders, Johns-Manville Corp...
But last week Johns-Manville's President Lewis H. Brown, having mystified many a stockholder, startlingly reversed his field when he issued an 18-page illustrated annual report to his workers. "Here is what happened," said Mr. Brown, "to the $39,861,579 which we added to the value...
As procedure in employe relations the report was pretty smart, too. John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers are currently organizing Johns-Manville plants, and Mr. Brown may hope his workers may be soothed by a pie-chart of Johns-Manville income, showing that they get the biggest piece.
Bothered all season a year ago by a trick knee and a spiked heel, Art Johns should show great improvement over his below-par performance at second base last year. Already John's hitting in the cage has jumped, while he is regarded by many sports writers as the best...
The first nine was composed of Lupien at first, Johns at second, Grondahl at short-stop, a newcomer Ulin at third, and Gannett, Foley, and Hall in the outfield. Paul Doyle was behind the plate.