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...wholly owned by the Crown. At least two-thirds of this was suitable "for good use in peacetime," and "satisfactory progress" was being made in conversion. At the same time private industry, which spent half a billion dollars in war plant expansion, had now earmarked $200 million more to boost output...
George Bernard Shaw, who seldom goes beyond comparing himself with Shakespeare, received a bigger boost from an unidentified woman visitor to the House of Commons. In the central lobby she suddenly began shouting, "Mr. Bernard Shaw is God's right-hand man." She was promptly thrown...
...Cotton. The OPA authorized a 10% increase in the manufacturer's price of virtually all combed cotton fabrics. Reason : the Bankhead Amendment, which recently raised the parity price of cotton. Eventually, the boost will be passed on to consumers...
Santa Gets a Raise. Toys will cost more from now on. The OPA granted toy manufacturers a 15% boost in prices, which will be tacked on retail prices...
Much for Little. On top of this the market was "thin," i.e., it needed a comparatively small number of buyers to send a stock up. This was partly due to the Federal Reserve Board boost in margin requirements in July. By putting stock trading close to a cash basis, it cut down the number of day-to-day traders, thus reduced the stock in circulation. Example : in one day, the purchase of 800 of Du Pont's outstanding 11,000,000 shares sent the stock...