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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, the "four wise men" (as they were dubbed) submitted their suggestions to OEEC's full council. The biggest slice was to go to Britain (more than one and a quarter billion dollars); next was France (about $1 billion) ; Italy (about $600 million). Most of the beneficiaries felt that the portions had been fairly worked out. Most troublesome dissenters were the Greeks (down for a reported $150 million) and the U.S. representatives of Western Germany (down for $350 million...
...greatest playwright of the past 25 years, decided 500 theatrical people polled by Theatre Arts magazine: Eugene O'Neill. The best cinema writer: Robert Sherwood. The top stage performance of the past quarter-century: Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina. Running a hairbreadth second: Laurence Olivier in Oedipus. The best cinema performance: Charles Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux. Running second again: Olivier in Henry...
...baby will probably be christened the Mirror. When it toddles out into the afternoon field against Hearst's rough & tumble Herald & Express, Los Angeles may see its lustiest newspaper scrap in a generation. Momentarily on the sidelines, rival Publisher Boddy told the Times to take heart: "Nearly a quarter of a century ago," he wrote, "we adopted a penniless, tattered little brat that was languishing in bankruptcy . . . It kept on keeping on until it has, I fear, become somewhat respectable. So chin up, Norman, it can be done...
...Quarter. In Newark, the Office of Rent Control was forced to move when the landlord raised the rent...
...Seven major U.S. airlines (notable exception: Eastern) had been in the red since last October. They got into the black again in May, but still have a long way to go to make up their deficits. Example: United Air Lines, the first of the big carriers to report second-quarter earnings, netted $310,682. But it still lost $3,239,852 for the first half...