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...Britain and Russia had not got sidetracked in politics. Such eruptions would be important if they were planted in the Journal by the Administration (as the Russians apparently suspect). But generally they are simply the opinions of the Journal's jovial, rosy-cheeked Publisher John Callan O'Laughlin, 72; less often they are the opinions of O'Laughlin friends in the Army & Navy...
Bethlehem Steel did a little better than U.S. Steel. With its steel division straining at 103% of capacity, and enough launchings to cut its huge $2 billion of unfilled ship orders by a third. Bethlehem squeezed its earnings up slightly to $19.8 million. Republic, Inland and Jones & Laughlin all reported lower profits...
...less than cost, it managed to hold the line fairly well. U.S. Steel was off slightly, from $17,406,597 to $17,027,616. Bethlehem, with its profitable shipbuilding still an anchor to windward, managed to push up its net a little, to $6,432,538. Only Jones & Laughlin fell far behind, from...
...Babies. For companies to whom war work was old stuff, this year's first quarter was strictly a matter of holding the line. In steel, profits were up just a little (Crucible showed $1,916,000 v. $1,676,000) or down just a little (Jones & Laughlin...
...watches it with gloomy satisfaction from a waterfront office in Manhattan. His name is William Francis Gibbs-known solemnly to his friends as William Francis. Lawyer, engineer and head of Gibbs & Cox, he is the top U.S. naval architect and marine engineer. His firm designed Paddy O'Laughlin's landing ships. It designed the Liberty ships. It has designed merchant ships, destroyers, tankers, cruisers. It designs means of building them swiftly and efficiently. It lays down their specifications and in many cases orders the materials...