Word: second
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Reading, Pa., Civil War Veteran John ("Hollerin' Johnny") Wells celebrated his 100th birthday, gave his explanation of why he was still alive: the fact that he "ran like blazes at the second battle of Bull...
Electrical Equipment. Third-quarter earnings were generally less than the second quarter's, considerably under those a year...
...sales, as in 1936 and 1937, Chevrolet led the pack, hotly pressed by Ford, with Plymouth third. But stable for stable, the Ford, Lincoln-Zephyr combination ran third, the Chrysler line (Plymouth, De Soto, Dodge and Chrysler) second and General Motors (Chevrolet, Pontiac. Buick, Oldsmobile. LaSalle and Cadillac) far out in front. For 1939, Henry Ford has two major bids for a return to the day when flivvers led the field: 1) a new car, the Mercury, to tap the middle-price field; 2) installation, at last, of hydraulic brakes in all models. Only other newcomer in the field...
Consolidated Edison was more fortunate than most businesses. Vast majority of third-quarter earnings, though somewhat better than second-quarter figures, were far below last year's July 1-Oct. 1 profits. That this difference was likely to narrow in future reports appeared throughout U. S. industry last week...
...Trouble With Tigers does one good thing: it settles the argument about what Saroyan's writing is all about. "I have written one word," he announces, "God." Altogether he intends to write three. The second will be "Is." The third: "Love." The announcement of this program makes dawning sense, for if Saroyan appears in his stories in any consistent role, it is as a sort of humanist jumping jack, waiting only until he has written a few more Books of Saroyan to leap forward as a U. S. prophet...