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...Bayerische Motoren Werke in Eisenach, 50% destroyed by air bombardment, was turning out eight passenger cars a day against a prewar total of 45. August production goal is 250 cars: 200 for Russian reparations, 50 for Soviet and German zonal administration...
...Bessler textile factory in Gera, managed by 46-year-old Willi Huhne, who held the same job through the Nazi era, was turning out from 2.4 to 2.6 million yards of cloth as against 3 million yards in prewar years. Sadly Huhne watched a machine turning out cloth with Stalin's picture on it, said he still favored private enterprise...
...fastest through service now offered is 69 hours. Soon this will be cut to 67 hours as roads return to prewar running times and dovetail schedules more closely. If there is enough demand for the service, railroads may schedule through trains to make the transcontinental trip in less than 60 hours...
...reconstruction. In India, wealthy anti-British natives had been investing in elephants rather than war bonds, had driven elephant prices up to $2,250. Expenses of transportation and the 15% import duty on animals would bring the cost to the dealer up to $5,000 in New York. Prewar price to zoos: $2,000 to $3,000, f.o.b. New York...
Like most other businessmen, animal dealers had been squeezed by costs that rose faster than retail prices. And still zoos thought that they were being overcharged. Not long ago Chicago's Brookfield Zoo reluctantly agreed to pay $4,000 each for three giraffes (prewar price: $1,700 and up). Growled Brookfield's director: "OPA hasn't anything to say about giraffes...