Word: nash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Board announced that industrial production had a "slight further decline" in January, after dipping in December to a level about 7% under last summer's record peak. Truckmakers were scheduling a cut of 10% to 15% in first-quarter production, and Chevrolet was trimming back its output slightly. Nash announced price cuts in its cars ranging from $20 to $210, the larger cuts resulting mostly from eliminating radios, heaters, etc. But in Atlanta, where 750 of the 1,370 employees at a Chevrolet plant were put on a four-day week, Cadillac buyers were told they would have...
...During the Allied air bombardment of Germany, Princess Margarethe secretly transferred the Hesse family jewels and memorabilia (estimated value: $3,000,000) from a Frankfort bank vault to a Friedrichshof subcellar and sealed the entrance. In 1945 the castle became an officers' club run by WAC Captain Kathleen Nash, who soon ferreted out the jewels, with two male officers smuggled her loot to the U.S. The following year, after Princess Margarethe discovered the theft, Army authorities tracked down the thieves and most of the treasure, found a pile of the missing jewels in a locker in Chicago...
Wicked Woman (Greene-Rouse; United Artists) is a reeking little slice of life from the butt end of that infinite salami. A tawdry blonde named Billie Nash (Beverly Michaels) is dumped off a bus, bag & baggage, somewhere in Southern California. Next day she wriggles her way into a job wrestling tables in a local bar. A few days later she is wrestling with the boss (Richard Egan). Between holds, she persuades him to sell the bar from under his wife's nose and run away with her to Mexico. Since the wife's nose is usually stuck...
...Runabout. The independents also all lost ground to G.M. and Ford in 1953. Their difficult position was highlighted last week by the merger of Nash and Hudson into a new company to be called American Motors Corp. While Nash has been doing well, Hudson sales have been down. By merging purchasing, research and other departments, they figured they could be stronger and save money all around. Together, they form the fourth-biggest auto company in the U.S., with assets of $355 million and more than $100 million in operating capital...
...deal was a straight stock transfer: three shares of Hudson (now listed at 11⅛) for two shares of American and one share of Nash-Kelvinator (listed at 17⅜) for one share of American. Under Nash President George Mason, American will continue to make both types of cars in separate divisions, and also bring out a pair of brand-new designs to boost sales -a small Nash four-passenger sports car, to list at about $1,300, and a Hudson sports-type car, the Italia, that will probably sell for around...