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...Lieut. General Brehon Somervell authorized the Canol project without consulting the Navy (or any other department), spent $134,000,000 on it, used up some 200,000 tons of scarce material, wasted manpower and supplies when "four tankers . . . could have carried in one trip more 100-octane gasoline, motor gasoline and fuel oil than would be produced by the entire Canol project by Jan. 1, 1945. . . all because of a disintegrated military setup under which coordination cannot be compelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: Invitation to Catastrophe | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

...priced motor stocks were not the only offenders. The utilities had their inning too. Typical example: one day board rooms buzzed that some "highly favorable news" about Electric Bond & Share would be announced at 1 p.m. Nothing was announced, but the stock shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Taboo on Tips | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

...week's end, on his way to Newport, the usually genial Joe Frazer was not especially happy. He did not mind being the only dollar-a-year executive in the motor industry; his week-old position gives him other compensation of the incentive type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS,RUBBER,ICE,FOOD,OIL: Joe Frazer and Graham-Paige | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

These rumors and their variations spurred boardroom sitters to action in brokerage offices throughout the U.S. Their buying huffed low-priced motor shares into new high ground, made them the most active on the Exchange. The rumors blew Graham-Paige before the steely eyes of the SEC, which already, like thousands of small speculators, was asking, "What goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS,RUBBER,ICE,FOOD,OIL: Joe Frazer and Graham-Paige | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

...Graham-Paige statement, together with the information given out by Atlas Corp. officers, stilled the storm. Volume in the low-priced motor shares fell off and prices receded. By week's end, interest had shifted to old favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS,RUBBER,ICE,FOOD,OIL: Joe Frazer and Graham-Paige | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

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