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...especially designed to persuade a war manufacturer to go all-out now without worrying about the pains of sudden victory. In V-loan contracts, interest automatically stops if & when an order is canceled. Further, the maturity date can be postponed. Thus, when war ends, a V-borrower can unload most financial obligations for canceled war orders on the U.S. Government, where they belong. Meanwhile it can conserve its own cash for conversion to peace. Within the past few weeks, four other aircraft companies have taken a total of $375,000,000 in V-loans...
Lieut. General George S. Patton Jr., it appeared, owed Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham a bottle of Scotch-the General had bet the Admiral that it would take more than eight days to unload the task force on Sicily...
...girt water front of Fort-de-France. In shrill Martinique accents they sang the Marseillaise, cheered the new High Commissioner sent by the French Committee of Liberation, Henri-Etienne Hoppenot, and cursed the departing ruler, Vichyite Admiral Georges Robert. Offshore U.S. freighters, the first in eight months, waited to unload food for the hungry islanders, fuel for autos running on 8% gasoline...
When the dream finally came true, rival club-owners rubbed their palms. Here was a rich and unwary newcomer on whom they could unload some of baseball's expensive gold bricks. They had done it when Millionaire William Wrigley Jr. bought the Cubs, when Millionaire Tom Yawkey bought...
...Bushes have no hesitation in revealing that 18 months before the stock-market crash of 1929. Mrs. Bush predicted its coming, to the week. Mr. Bush took advantage of this information to unload 25% of his holdings - wishes it had been more...