Word: kaisers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brisk that it was again taking as long as eight weeks to get delivery on a Ford or Chevrolet, and four to six months on a Cadillac. Independents, whose sales had been soggiest, shared in the rise; Hudson's sales were up 40% for April and May, and Kaiser-Frazer's also gained. The buying impetus spilled over into appliances; General Electric reported its May sales of major appliances up 24% above April, while Philco said its refrigerator sales were the best for any week since April...
...sixth child and only son of a Prussian civil servant, Kurt Schumacher was born in the town of Kulm on the Vistula. It is now a part of Poland-to Schumacher a constant reminder of Germany's dismemberment in two wars. He went into the Kaiser's army in the summer of 1914, but in less than six months his soldiering was over, his arm gone. In an army hospital, he taught himself in two weeks to write lefthanded. Disgusted with "the Kaiser's war," he turned to Socialism, read Marx and was impressed, read Lenin...
...prizes in the field of History and Literature. Walter Kaiser '54 won the Barrett Wendell Prize of $25 as the sophomore making the most notable progress in the field this year. The History and Literature Prize of $50 was shared by Charles P. MacVeagh '53 and Sylvan R. Weiner '53 as the most promising juniors concentrating in the field...
...When the Kaiser's Germany was beaten, the victors rejoiced in an old, simple and true belief that it is good to tear down the mighty who abuse their strength. That was not, however, the whole truth about World War I. Germany had been invited on the path of conquest by the weakness east and west of her borders...
Reynolds' new plant burns natural gas (40 million cu. ft. daily) as does Kaiser's new $115 million plant at New Orleans. Alcoa, still kingpin of the Big Three, will soon complete an $80 million plant at Rockdale, Texas, using lignite, a peatlike fuel...