Word: unite
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While they were hedging, many businessmen were uncomfortably aware that a turning point in the boom had already been reached. Easter shopping had been far smaller than expected. Though price rises kept dollar volume 10% higher than last year, unit sales were actually lower. Many a retailer, scared by his high inventories, was canceling orders. But the real bellwether was "soft goods" (textile) production. Most businessmen had kept their eyes on it, figuring that a drop in production there would be the first sign of a recession. Last week the drop came (see below...
...raised will pay the expenses of ten students who will represent the Harvard chapter at the Chicago conference this summer. With a current membership of 783, the unit is one of the largest in the country, and hopes to send a representative delegation. Lacking funds at present, the chapter's finance committee under the direction of William E. Nelson 2G is depending on the drive for its entire conference expenses...
During these formative years, the band made a concert tour of a few eastern cities under the leadership of Frederick L. Reynolds '20, first director of the unit, and launched the outdoor display soon to become a Crimson trademark...
...prices were higher (shoes, hats, suits were up as much as 10% over 1946). And sales were slipping. Average dollar volume in Manhattan's apparel stores was off only about 1%. Yet this was enough to worry many a merchant with high inventory because it meant that unit sales were considerably under last year's. Said a salesgirl in high-hatted Hattie Carnegie's: "A woman who bought six hats last year will buy only four this year." (Hattie Carnegie's "popular" price...
Including both Yardlings and men from the Houses, the group will assume its powers immediately after the Spring recess. It will operate as a unit until the Jubilee Weekend, now tentatively set for the early part...