Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Part of this achievement was in the resounding Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, just ended, in which Mitscher-men had shared with battleships, cruisers, destroyers and PT boats the additional credit for: ¶ Sinking 24 Jap warships (two battle ships, four carriers, nine cruisers, three flotilla leaders, six destroyers) ; ¶ Damaging 34 to 37 (seven battleships, ten to 13 cruisers, 17 destroyers...
Farm boy Dick Bong's top score of 33 Jap planes was almost broken in 95 minutes of furious fighting during the second battle of the Philippines, when Commander David McCampbell, piloting a Hellcat, shot down nine Jap fighters (plus two "probables"). McCampbell's air-combat total after his rampage: 30-which made him the second-ranking...
...corporations are still doing fine. But the profit line chalked out for them by taxes, price ceilings and increased production costs has taken a downward dip for many. The National City Bank's profit figures on 300 leading corporations, for the first nine months of 1944, showed: a 6% increase in profits, after taxes, over the similar 1943 period, with combined sales up 11%. Of the 300 companies, 140 reported higher profits this year, while 160 were down...
Like a page from the past was Atlantic Refining's third-quarter report. Earnings for the nine months rose to $10.6 million -almost twice the 1943 figure. Atlantic directors declared an extra dividend. Not to be outdone, big Texas Co. voted its first extra dividend since 1941 from earnings of $38.9 million, up almost $10 million over the similar 1943 period...
...usual dividends, and a recital of unusual achievements. U.S. Steel upped its sales to a new high of $1.5 billion. But its $89 million sales increase was more than offset by higher costs. After paying taxes of $74 million (v. $79.5 million in 1943), the Corporation's nine months' net was $49.3 million against...