Word: overlander
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...blocs: on one hand, the World; on the other, the West. The West, like its principal challenger, Russia, is an "ex-Christian" civilization. But not only is the West without a faith; it is "the arch-aggressor of modern times." The World, and especially Russia, "invaded by Western armies overland in 1941, 1915, 1812, 1709 and 1610," has reason to mistrust the West. Toynbee avoids embarrassing this general thesis by any mention of the invasions of the West by the World, e.g., those of Islam and Genghis Khan...
Peppier Jeep. A new civilian jeep was rolled out by Willys-Overland. Except for a higher hood, the body is little changed. But the four-cylinder engine has been stepped up 20% to 72 h.p. Price: $1,376.90 plus...
Last week Kaiser took the risk. His personal holding company anted up $37.6 million in cash to enable a K-F subsidiary, Kaiser Manufacturing Co., to buy all the plants and equipment of Willys-Overland Motors for $62 million. If approved by Willys stockholders, as seems assured, the deal will be the biggest automobile merger since Chrysler bought Dodge for $170 million in 1928. In terms of assets, it will make the combine the fourth biggest U.S. motormaker...
...owners (mainly his family) were more than willing to take a capital gain of $17.4 million on the deal. He is selling his plants, but not his company. Kaiser Manufacturing, which is changing its own name to Willys Motors, will operate the plants, while the original Willys-Overland Motors, having transformed its property into cash, will continue as an independent investment company. As with any other investment company, stockholders who want to redeem their stock will ultimately be able to cash it in for the $17 net asset value (nearly $2.50 more than its market price after the merger...
GERRY E. LYONS Vice President, Sales Willys-Overland Motors, Inc. Toledo, Ohio...