Word: ooo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ooo, mommy, look at the t'ree hoss-hoss," a little boy said, pulling a wire whch guarded the Nativity Scene on the Boston Common. "No, Jimmy, for the last time--they're camels bringing Wise men to Jesus." "No, mommy, they isn't. T'ree hoss-hoss, hoss-hoss," he wailed, tugging at the wire...
...sells to its 1,400-member co-ops to retail. While prices are competitive with big chains, co-op members get refunds at the end of the year out of "savings" (i.e., profits). Last year, out of $6,700,000 in profits, C.C.A. members got refunds of $5,000,-ooo. C.C.A.'s growth has been helped enormously by the break co-ops get in tax laws. Unlike a corporation, which pays an income tax on dividends, C.C.A. pays no ^ taxes on its refunds. C.C.A. never claimed exemption on all its profits as did many farm co-ops which asked...
...booming aircraft industry felt the tax bite; Consolidated Vultee's after-tax net dropped from $3,200,000 to $1,700,-ooo, Douglas' from $2,200,000 to $1,500,-ooo. Other notable declines: Libbey-Owens-Ford's nine-month net fell from $22 million to $12.8 million; R.H. Macy's yearly net fell from $6,400,000 to $5,200,-ooo (in spite of a $29 million rise in sales); Western Union's eight-month net dropped from...
...keep pace with rearmament's growing demands. Warned the Defense Electric Power Administration: by year's end, industries in many regions will face periodic stoppages in electric service. By the end of 1953, unless the power industry gets more materials, the shortage will amount to 4,000,-ooo kilowatts (5% of all present U.S. power capacity...
...business men never quite knew whether to hiss or cheer Ringmaster Bill Jack. He both be wildered and fascinated them with his free meals, free massages, free Florida vacations for his "associates" (employees) and the $39,000 bonus he paid his secretary for "just working hard." On a $100,-ooo stake and $3,400,000 in Government loans, he rang up peak sales of $90 million in 1943 and overnight became the nation's largest maker of airplane starters and automatic pilots...