Word: salesmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...others: Seth Gordon Persons, 56, Governor of Alabama (1951-54); Major General John Williams ("Willie") Persons, 59, commanding officer at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia; Jo Robert Persons, one of the nation's leading life-insurance salesmen until his death in 1946, and the Rev. Frank Stanford Persons II, 71, an Episcopalian who carried the Gospel to moonshiners in Virginia, coal miners in Pennsylvania, orange pickers in Cuba, is now back in Alabama...
Charm & Dignity. As the cars have changed, so have selling practices. To inspire some smart-selling hustle, many salesmen have been taken off salary and put on straight commission. For the feminine touch, Fohrman Motors (Chrysler) hired saleswomen, because "women influence car buying so much that it is best to cater to their wishes. No man can really understand what it means to get into a modern car wearing a hobble skirt...
...combination of improving world markets, an abundant supply of top-quality wheat, and energetic selling should give Canada a fatter share of the world wheat market. A team of Wheat Board salesmen plans to tour Europe this fall. Trade and Commerce Minister Gordon Churchill is also considering a personal selling visit to the Soviet Union, and possibly Red China, to try for bigger orders from last year's most surprising new customers. The one major stumbling block to bumper business is the U.S., which is completing a billion-bushel harvest of its own and is just as anxious...
...Federated's top levels.* But "Mr. Fred," as Lazarus is known to the trade, bristles at any mention of nepotism. "Nepotism smacks of favoritism. Everyone in our family has had to earn his position." The young Lazaruses usually start in the basement, work up from stock boys or salesmen, must prove they can sell before moving higher...
Cheers for the courageous action of Mrs. Marcella Norman in driving the automobile through the showcase window-the only bright spot in an otherwise troubled world. Mrs. Norman's only oversight was her failure to run down half a dozen automobile salesmen and perhaps a real estate...