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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Besides managing the Cardinals, Businessman Dyer, 48, has his fingers in a lot of pies. In Houston, he is vice president of the Canada Dry Bottling Co. (where Pitcher Ted Wilks works in the off-season), general manager of an insurance company (which employs Pitcher Pollet part time), co-owner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Man | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

With September's 30 days looming ahead, Stan Musial cannot afford to let his big bat cool off. Although the Cardinals have the best of the schedule (they begin a long home stand while Brooklyn embarks on a perilous western trip), they could very easily blow the pennant if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Man | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

Wellesley Wellington Vandeveer, onetime member of the Petroleum Administration for War and present delegate to the U.N.'s Economic and Social Council, was a cofounder of Allied Oil Co. 24 years ago. He and Partner Floyd Roy Newman started with $30,000 capital, most of which was borrowed. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Swallowed Up | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

To show off its new line of Christmas merchandise, McKesson & Robbins, Inc. last week gave a holiday-style party for Houston druggists. There was eggnog, turkey with all the trimmings, even a Santa Claus (and to help welcome the druggists, three feminine assistants in low-cut gowns). McKesson hopes its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Road Back | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

But for nearly three years the New Mexican had to sit on the biggest local story it ever had-Los Alamos and the atom bomb. As a reward for not even hinting at the story only 35 miles from Santa Fe, the Army gave the New Mexican an international beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The First 100 Years | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

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