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...same philosophy dominated international relations of the '20s . . . Each nation tended to its own affairs, but the net result was not the end of war, but the greatest war of all time...
There was still no drop in demand. In the first quarter, reported SEC, the net sales of 1,070 U.S. corporations had risen 19% above the 1947 period. And there was plenty of buying power: in April, personal incomes had gone up $1.4 billion, reaching an annual rate of $209 billion. In some lines which had felt a sag in sales, strange and wonderful things were happening. A few weeks ago, for example, some home appliances were in the doldrums. But when the Iron Age set out to probe the slump last week, it was flabbergasted: demand had picked...
Jackpots. Macy's department store chain hit a record jackpot. It announced sales of $309,213,000 for the year ending May 1, up 9.7% over the previous year. The net was $7,981,000 v. $6,770,000 the year before. May Department Stores Co. reported an even bigger take: $358,013,576 for the year ending January 31 (v. $330,331,868 the year before). But the net of $17,231,481 was down around...
Steel. Although steel production reached 7,564,626 net tons in May, a new peacetime record, cutbacks resulting from the coal strike were still felt by motor-makers. General Motors closed down its Michigan operations and laid off 200,000 men for a week in order to accumulate enough steel for continuous production. The Ford Motor Co. closed down...
Haganah officers who had served with the British in the Jewish Brigade in World War II listened grimly to familiar British commands, given in a cool, clipped English voice, over the Arab communication net. With a deadly precision in sharp contrast to the inefficiency of Arab volunteers, the Arab Legion laid down heavy mortar fire. Haganah girls crawled out on the battlefield to bring in the wounded...