Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aboard the Victory, off Cadiz, on Oct. 9, 1805, Lord Nelson issued his Memorandum for the decisive battle that was to be fought twelve days later off Cape Trafalgar. The great Admiral warned his commanders to keep to their line of battle, then added a word of historic advice...
...after years Nelson's words took on a special meaning, came to stand as the essence of a naval theory: to force the enemy to action anywhere and any time, not to harass or divert him, but to drive him into a battle of final decision. In World War II, British naval commanders have acted as though they had Nelson's words tattooed on their hearts...
Died. Albert Nelson Marquis, 88, founder, longtime editor and 23 lines of Who's Who, after a brief illness; in Evanston, Ill. In 1899 Marquis issued his first edition, with 8,602 names. It sold 4,000 copies. The last (22nd) edition contained 31,692 names, sold over 60,000. Marquis normally received 25 self-nominations...
...aprons, 25? socks? The dearth of these bargain-basement specials has graveled many a low-income shopper, and given many a housewife to wonder whether OPA is really succeeding in holding the line. This same question last week bothered Economic Stabilizer Fred Vinson. He issued orders to WPBoss Don Nelson and OPA Boss Chester Bowles to increase supplies of these inexpensive soft goods...
...Nelson's problem is to force the industry back to production of cheap goods, even if this means sales at cost, as suggested by Stabilizer Vinson. Bowles's assignment is to search for ways to raise producers' ceilings-without lifting the lid too much on retail prices...