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George grew up to be a good King who ruled wisely over his subjects (without governing them) during some of the most searching times the thousand-year-old British monarchy had ever faced. Crowns and dynasties went down all round him. Among the victims were his own cousins "Willy" (Kaiser Wilhelm II), "Nicky" (Czar Nicholas II) and King Alfonso of Spain. But with George V as its dutiful symbol, the British monarchy came through the quarter-century stronger than ever...
Judges John P. Marquand '15, Bernard DeVoto '18, and Laurence McKinney '12 named two short stories and a poem, all of which appeared in the Advocate, as runners-up in the competition. Donald O. Stewart, Jr. '53 was cited for his story "Dennis Gray," and Walter Kaiser '54 of Bellevue, Ohio for his poem "Aix-en-Provence." For the first time, a Radcliffe girl was mentioned by the committee. Lily Emmet '54 earned the honor with her story "Friday Philharmonic...
...Order of other finishers, on the basis of miles per gallon: Hudson Super Jet, 25.42; Nash Rambler Super. 25.37; Studebaker Commander, 24.50; Dodge V8, 23.41; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 23.39; Mercury Monterey, 23.15; Studebaker Land Cruiser (with automatic shift), 22.88; Plymouth Cranbrook, 22.83; Nash Ambassador, 22.54; Ford Mainline Eight, 22.51; Kaiser Manhattan, 22.27; Hudson Jet, 22.05; Kaiser Dragon, 21.45; Nash Ambassador Custom, 21.12; De Soto Firedome V8, 20.92; Lincoln Capri, 19.94; Nash Statesman, 19.44; Hudson Super Wasp, 19.09; Hudson Hornet, 18.95; Packard Clipper, 18.67; Chrysler New Yorker, 17.75; Chrysler Imperial...
Last week Kaiser took the risk. His personal holding company anted up $37.6 million in cash to enable a K-F subsidiary, Kaiser Manufacturing Co., to buy all the plants and equipment of Willys-Overland Motors for $62 million. If approved by Willys stockholders, as seems assured, the deal will be the biggest automobile merger since Chrysler bought Dodge for $170 million in 1928. In terms of assets, it will make the combine the fourth biggest U.S. motormaker...
...selling at $5.25 only three years ago and the deal gives it a value of $17, Canaday and his co-owners (mainly his family) were more than willing to take a capital gain of $17.4 million on the deal. He is selling his plants, but not his company. Kaiser Manufacturing, which is changing its own name to Willys Motors, will operate the plants, while the original Willys-Overland Motors, having transformed its property into cash, will continue as an independent investment company. As with any other investment company, stockholders who want to redeem their stock will ultimately be able...