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...third ballot was a mere formality. The result: unanimous nomination of Thomas E. Dewey...
...Bitterest Blow." On the beach at Kfar Vitkin, 20 miles north of Tel Aviv, waited slight, sharp-eyed Menachim Beigin and a force of his bully boys, to help unload. But Haganah, now Israel's official army, was waiting too, with orders to stop them. Result: a short, sharp civil war of Jew against Jew, which Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion last week described as "the bitterest blow...
Last week Saskatchewan voters had their first chance to pass on this sort of socialism in action. Result: 1) the CCF lost 16 seats in the house, slashing its total from 47 to 31 (Liberals picked up 15 seats for a total of 18, Tories one); 2) a drop from 53% to 47% of the popular vote; 3) defeat of the two cabinet ministers most directly concerned with the socialization projects. Even though the CCF was still in power, its prestige had been hard hit. Jeered the anti-socialist Regina Leader-Post: "Mr. Douglas has been given the benefit...
...unionization, widened out production to include playing cards, pens & pencils, cigarette lighters. His biggest coup was to corner the nation's top commercial art talent (Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, Rolf Armstrong) for B. & B. calendars, at a current cost, including other artwork, of $1,250,000 a year. Result: B. & B. became the biggest calendar company in the world (it sells more than all others combined, has 21 foreign outlets). From little more than $2,500,000 in 1933, its gross swelled to $29,303,804 in 1947, is expected to top $40,000,000 this year...
...discovered that his collateral (invoices and bills of lading) was worthless. Instead of making this information public, the bank covered up for Benjamin. When other banks asked about his credit standing, Title Guarantee answered that Benjamin "knows the business very well," and that his "account has been very satisfactory." Result: Benjamin was able to borrow $320,000 more at other lenders' windows. He used part of it to pay off Title Guarantee, said he lost most of the rest on the horses...