Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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High contributor of the day was Lowell House, which rang up a total of $1305,45. Kirkland followed closely behind with a $1038.48 donation. Gifts from the other Houses are: Adams, $963.41; Leverett, $831; Dunster, $805; and Winthrop, $776.50. Eliot House was low with a total contribution...
Hence in groups where a man has been shifted downward to a priority lower than the previous low in the group, the whole group has also been reclassified downward...
...houses, President Jim Price admits, were nothing but "glorified chicken coops." At war's end the brothers decided a good house could be built from plywood at low prices. They standardized parts, designed them so they were easy to assemble, found ingenious ways to cut costs. They set up assembly lines which can now turn out 16 houses a day in two, three-and four-bedroom models, ranging in price from $7,100 to $10,000. With their own fleet of 35 trucks, they deliver houses right to the lot. Last year they completed 2,500, netted...
First day the new house was opened, 3,000 people filed through it, and 300 of them placed orders. Out-of-town orders poured in so fast that the brothers expect soon to be making 36 low-priced houses...
Cost of Living. Butter, which had hit $1 a pound in most big cities a year ago, was down to a 21-month low (67? a pound). Other changes in cost-of-living items were mostly down, with Manhattan Shirt Co. cutting spring prices on some shirts by 8% and the Florsheim Shoe Co. by 50? a pair on men's shoes. Notable exception: aspirin was boosted 3? a pound by one. of its biggest producers, Monsanto Chemical...