Word: priced
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Discount. In Hamilton, Ont., the thief who stole Mrs. Frank Gnup's $50 set of golf clubs telephoned the next day and offered to sell everything back at half price...
Anchors Aweigh. The effect of the announcement on Louis Denfeld and other naval officers was both strange and pathetic. Denfeld learned he had been fired only when Vice Admiral John Dale Price (who had gotten the news from a reporter) burst into his office and blurted: "Admiral, the President has just relieved you as Chief of Naval Operations." Denfeld looked up incredulously, said, in an odd voice, "Is that so?" and lapsed into stunned silence. Later he wept. Also he became a hero to the service...
...Mawgmi mine closed down in June, the teak sawmills in July. Gem prospecting has almost stopped, and Burma is now reduced to importing instead of exporting oil. Rebel forays on transportation lines have forced the Burmese to fly oil to the interior, where the price has risen to $6.30 a gallon. Rice exports have tobogganed, too. Burma exported about 3,000,000 tons of rice before the war. This year's exports will be less than 1,000,000. Next year the government hopes to have 730,000 tons for export, but many believe the figure will be lower...
...Sciences of the U.S.S.R. With this honor went a 15,000-ruble prize, but Waksman could not take the money out of Russia. So he bought a rather formidable painting of a north Russian landscape by Beruleia-Berulia, which now hangs in the living room. The firmly fixed price was 18,000 rubles, but the Russians agreed to knock off 3,000 rubles if allowed to keep the frame...
General Electric Co.'s net of $21,060,037 was off about 28%. But second-place Westinghouse had turned in $20.5 million, a 109% gain that pushed it nearly abreast of its giant rival. Westinghouse's President Gwilym Price gratefully added 40? to the usual 25? quarterly dividend and Westinghouse stock joined the big group* of those who boosted dividends and made new highs on the big board...