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Kaiser-Frazer cut prices on its Henry J models this week, thanks chiefly to the fact that, with the metal supply easing, K-F no longer must rely on high-cost conversion steel. The cuts, ranging from $100 to $168, put the lowest priced Henry Js $176 to $266 below the lowest Ford, Chevrolet and Plymouth...
...which was close to the ragged edge last year when a $44 million RFC loan saved it, had already moved into the black in July with its sleek, rakish Kaiser. Last week, K-F, which is making 400 Henry Js a day, turned out a new daily peak of 1,200 cars. Furthermore, Edgar Kaiser predicted 1,600 a day as soon as a second shift gets rolling. Edgar also had thinned out K-F's inefficient dealers by trimming the number of agencies from...
Died. John Ray Sinnock, 58, chief engraver of the U.S. Mint, designer of the Roosevelt dime and the Purple Heart Medal; of a brain tumor; in Staten Island. Wags have peddled the rumor that the artist's initials, a microscopic "JS" on the new 10? piece, stood for Joseph Stalin...
...days before his assassination, Lincoln visits ruined Richmond in the company of some Union officers. He is immediately recognized by Negroes, who kneel before him, singing hymns. He js "much embarrassed," but listens respectfully, then makes a little speech. Finally he says, "There, now, let me pass on; I have but little time to spare," walks away slowly up the hot, dusty street, carrying "his hat in his hand, fanning his face," from which the sweat trickles...
These were the first steps toward establishing the security which js M.G.'s chief job. Thanks to the experience of Aachen, M.G. moved fast and seemed to know what it was doing. An ex-police chief removed by the Nazis in 1933 was found and reinstated, as were 123 cops who passed the M.G. muster. As each resident was registered and fingerprinted, he got a ration card. With the assistance of 63 ex-telephone-company employes, telephone service was partially restored...