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Louis Golden finally sold it, he told the committee, for $315 to $325 a ton, to the Holland Furnace Co. of Holland, Mich., only four hours' drive from K-F's Willow Run plant. The constant selling and reselling of the same steel sometimes gets very confusing, Golden confessed. Said he: "I recall a gentleman came up to the office and asked us to come out and inspect some steel, and we needed that type, and we went out to our own warehouse and looked at our own steel...
...first two chukkers, 18 to 0, while in the last two the score was much closer, 5 to 4. "Indoor polo is a higher scoring game than outdoor," players point out. An inflated leather ball, about the size of a grapefruit, is used instead of the usual willow root variety, which is harder to drive. This means scoring...
...Reporter Breslin stood at the side of U.S. 112 near Willow Run, and stuck out his thumb. He had a $50 bill, a sign that said "Rose Bowl or Bust," a box of his mother's chicken sandwiches, and letters to wirephoto bureaus along the way. At 6:30 p.m., chilled to the bone (and with $47.86 left) he got to Coldwater, Mich., 114 miles from home...
...great peacetime battle of production, Henry Kaiser got back some of the luster of his wartime fame. His Willow Run plant turned out 145,000 cars and he was able to brag in full-page ads that he was now "the world's fourth largest producer of automobiles." It was true in the sense that only General Motors, Ford and Chrysler topped Kaiser-Frazer. Actually, production of seven of the Big Three's individual divisions topped K-F's figure...
...Green Street just off Central Square. Evenings Oct. 10, 14, 15 7:00 - 9:00 Same. Oct. 10 7:00 -9:00 Ward 10-Fire House, Taylor Square, junction of Huron Avenue, Garden and Sherman Streets. Oct. 10, 14 7:00 - 9:00 Ward 1-Kelley School 48 Willow St. Oct. 10, 14 7:00 - 9:00 Ward 9-Russell School, Grozier Road entrance...