Word: leon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they were about to exchange envoys, the Nazis sending consuls not only to Paris, but to Lyon and Marseille as well. And Marshal Henri Philippe Petain finally did something about the men whom Vichy blames for France's defeat-General Maurice Gustave Gamelin, onetime Premiers Edouard Daladier, Leon Blum and Paul Reynaud, former Minister of the Interior Georges Mandel. The Marshal ordered them moved from various jails to a new jail in the Pyrenees fort of Col du Pourtalet, there to await the trial they have already awaited for twelve months...
...Finance Minister Ilsley went to work on the most complicated and rigorous project of Government economic control ever attempted on this continent, he had an interested visitor. Short, gum-chewing Leon Henderson went up on a flying visit from Washington to get some tips on the job he may some day have to do as Price Administrator...
...automobiles made after New Year's Day will be sans nickel, chromium or aluminum brightwork. This was the decision made last week at a three-hour Washington confab between the automakers and civilian supply boss Leon Henderson...
Tough as the rule sounds, Detroit was glad to get a specific rule on brightwork. Automotive engineers have stewed over the problem for months without knowing just what goal they were working towards. Furthermore, Leon's order may not prove so tough. Stainless steel is not-as yet-on the list of verboten materials. Even if that is taken away, the automakers have plenty of substitutes. Ford has perfected an all-glass tail light; General Motors has some highly lustrous enamels; almost all makers have new decorative plastics. These should keep U.S. cars the flashiest in the world...
Price Boss Leon Henderson has long held the theory that price increases which stimulate needed production are not inflationary. Last week he established his first price ceiling putting that theory into practice...