Word: vall
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...down to its record low, 5⅜, last December and this week was hovering around 7. Broad explanation was that while Standard Brands net sales were holding up fairly well, the profit margin was growing narrower and narrower. In 1937, beating the bushes with such radio headliners as Rudy Vallée (for Fleischmann's Yeast and Royal Gelatin Desserts), wooden Charlie McCarthy (for Chase & Sanborn Dated Coffee), "One Man's Family" (for Tender Leaf Tea), Standard Brands ran up record net sales of $122,517,121. But even in briefly booming 1937, Standard Brands' net profit...